Bad habits you need to break to be more productive

Observe your cubicle long enough and you'll start picking up on a slippery pattern of inefficiency. Letting go now and then is fine, but if your bad habits are getting the better of you and you don't even notice until the damage is done, it's time you sit down and figure things out before your creativity takes a serious hit.
14 July 2016

4 trends changing how we work [INFOGRAPHIC]

What will be the major shifts paving the way we work in the next decade?
30 June 2016

The Left-Side Classroom: Donate for change

Kazi Fori Government Primary School, Mirpur. Numerous underprivileged children go there to receive education every other day or week. The number of children dropping out due to the lack of resources has decreased and they are more motivated to want to study. The reason behind this incredible transformation is The Left-Side Classroom.
30 June 2016

Bangladeshi entrepreneurs at the Professional Fellows Congress

Bearing the slogan 'Impacting the future: It starts with us', a Professional Fellows Congress was held at Washington, DC between May 31 and June 2.
30 June 2016

What real estate has to offer

Next Step caught up with Sadat Hossain Salim, a prominent figure in the country's real estate arena and advisor to Rupayan Group, to talk about the real estate market and its career scope.
30 June 2016

5 steps to finding the job of your dreams

Being employed in a reputed organisation is the long cherished dream of every graduate. But finding a suitable position in the job market right after graduating is no less than a battle.
23 June 2016

The power of collaboration

Much of the advancement of human history was not through individual effort, but through crossovers of great ideas and remarkable people, who decided to discuss and improve on each others' concepts.
23 June 2016

How to make connections when you hate networking events

There's no point of doing something if it's going to make you miserable. Find out how to work your way around networking.
23 June 2016

Top 4 reasons why Bangladeshi startups fail [INFOGRAPHIC]

Just as there is no one path that guarantees success, there is not one single mistake that will doom a startup to failure
16 June 2016

DHL Express hosts Employee Appreciation Night

DHL Express, the world's leading international express service provider, recently organised an Employee Appreciation Night for
16 June 2016

TripZip.tours addresses tourism troubles in youth dialogue

TripZip.tours is a one-stop destination for all your travel-related dilemmas. Recently, it took on the mission to make travelling
16 June 2016

Never back down

Managing people is a challenging task in any business. What makes it even more daunting is diversity, trying to manage different people who are very different from each other. To find out how this challenging task is done, we caught up with someone who has no trouble managing the talent of one of the largest multi-nationals in the world: Giovanni Giordano, Director of Group Human Resources at British American Tobacco (BAT).
16 June 2016

How to make friends at work

Work friends can make the job more fun and provide further incentives for you to improve. But we know, it's easier said than done, so here's our guide to help you out.
9 June 2016

IUB holds Job Fair for seniors and alumni

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a day-long Job Fair on May 31, 2016 for its students and graduates at the
9 June 2016

Podium hosts Inception Summit at JU

Podium, the first free idea sharing platform in Bangladesh, was recently introduced to Jahangirnagar University through an
9 June 2016

Inauguration drive for Toys R Yours season 2

On June 4, 2016, Toys R Yours distributed toys among 200+ children of Spreeha Early Childhood Development Centre at
9 June 2016

Top 5 startups meet investors at Demo Day

After 4 months with the GP Accelerator program, 5 startups got the opportunity to present their businesses in front of 100+ attendees, including investors and professionals, on Demo Day held on May 31, 2016 at GP House.
9 June 2016

Rosy path for the budding photographer

Yes, rosy, and sometimes golden. If you haven't picked up my puns yet, I'm talking about weddings, wedding photography to be precise. Typically, a wedding is a very important part of someone's life. A phase when some lose their freedom, friends and/or pets, and some lose their virginity—which definitely in no way is a bad thing.
9 June 2016

DYDF holds workshop on project management and proposal writing

Dhrubotara Youth development foundation (DYDF) arranged their first workshop in Dhaka in collaboration with EMK center.
29 May 2016

Misplacing morality in the Facebook generation

Years before, when I was introduced to the internet, the usage was merely confined to downloading resources for assignments and reports, writing emails to friends living abroad and exploring the unknown and the unseen. Back then, it seemed like the internet was well on its way to redefining my way of doing things in terms of ease of communication. Well, the reality was beyond expectation. And I believe the experience is the same for almost everyone. Thanks to the advent of social media, we are now re-evaluating our entire notion of the internet.
28 May 2016