Shams Rashid Tonmoy

Sub-editor & Feature Writer, Tech & Startup, The Daily Star

Harnessing markets for rural resilience in Bangladesh

Sameer Karki, Country Director, iDE Bangladesh, talks to Shams Rashid of The Daily Star

19 October 2025, 07:36 AM

The uncomfortable AI resurrection of dead celebrities

A new, and deeply unsettling, trend is flooding social media feeds. It is not a dance challenge or a recipe video. It is the digital resurrection of deceased celebrities, all generated by artificial intelligence.

8 October 2025, 10:26 AM

Next Step / The career jungle gym: thriving when there's no ladder to climb

Unlike a ladder, a jungle gym career isn't about a single, predetermined path to the top. It’s a multi-dimensional structure where progress isn't just upward: it's lateral, diagonal, and sometimes even a strategic step down to a new platform to access a better route forward.

7 October 2025, 04:11 AM

Next Step / How AI is making remote work smarter

From drafting emails faster to scheduling meetings more smoothly, AI has quietly become a co-worker in the background. However, beyond convenience, new research shows that AI is changing the way remote work operates - shaping team collaboration, work patterns, and even the perks companies offer to attract talent.

30 September 2025, 05:02 AM

Next Step / Your career’s secret weapon? Honest self-assessment

When you’re new in a job, it’s normal to feel like you don’t understand half of what’s going on. But as months pass, you start recognising your strengths, weaknesses, and areas to improve. Regular self-assessment is one of the most effective ways to stay on top of growth and keep your career moving forward.

23 September 2025, 04:25 AM

Next Step / The duet of man and machine

Let’s have a chat about the elephant in every room, on every Zoom call, and in every strategic plan: artificial intelligence. If your feelings about it range between excitement and unease, you’re in very good company.

16 September 2025, 05:33 AM

Next Step / Why soft skills could be your strongest career asset

New research suggests that what really matters for long-term success may not be these job-specific skills at all. Instead, it’s the more flexible, often overlooked abilities – the so-called ‘soft skills’ that help people adapt, grow, and thrive in a rapidly changing workplace.

2 September 2025, 04:02 AM

Next Step / The art of strategic quitting

Strategic quitting is the art of stepping away with purpose, timing, and a plan. It is about recognising when the cost of staying outweighs the benefits, and making the decision before that cost becomes too high.

26 August 2025, 07:51 AM

The setting sun

With that, let’s join hands in hopes of a brighter future. Keep in mind that everytime the sun sets, the promise of a better tomorrow awaits. A new journey is always right around the corner.

21 July 2023, 03:00 AM

A ‘better’ pill to swallow

With that, another weekend rolls around. Until next time.

14 July 2023, 03:30 AM

Keep on listening

Hey look. A new weekend. Time does fly.

23 June 2023, 03:00 AM

The hope for a brighter tomorrow

With that, we reach yet another weekend, bringing in a new week with the hope of a brighter tomorrow.

16 June 2023, 03:00 AM

tax on web hosting and cloud service companies

Why VAT on imported software does not make any sense

It goes without saying that this whopping 20% increase in import duty for software is a massive one. Not only does it mean an increased price tag for essential software like Word and Windows OS, but it also reduces the accessibility of premium, full versions of such software for local users.

9 June 2023, 07:10 AM

Like no one ever was

With that, another weekend rolls in, bringing in better promises for a brighter future.

2 June 2023, 03:30 AM

ChatGPT vs Google Bard: which is better?

With Google recently releasing Bard as a potential competitor for ChatGPT, you might be wondering the obvious question: which is better among the two AI chatbots?

26 May 2023, 04:15 AM

Team from Bangladesh qualifies for World Cup of Pokémon

This year's World Cup of Pokémon qualifiers featured over 200 players from 17 teams, each representing their countries/continents to claim the final three spots in the main knockoff series.

22 May 2023, 13:33 PM

TECNO SPARK 10 Pro: Fun camera for fans on a budget

TECNO is known by fans as a reliable provider of affordable smartphones for those on a budget. Their latest release, TECNO SPARK 10 Pro, caters to the budget market once again, this time focusing mostly on the camera performance.

21 April 2023, 04:00 AM

This Bangladeshi app lets you buy, sell and store gold digitally

Meet Gold Kinen - a local app where one can buy, sell and store gold using their own personal vault.

17 April 2023, 17:41 PM

Nothing like being too careful

This week’s Cover Story is all about being safe from fire hazards, and how you can stay one ahead of such unfortunate occurrences.

17 March 2023, 02:30 AM

Truck Lagbe: Redefining traditional trucking

Trucks have always played a critical role in the economic and logistics development of Bangladesh. Not only are they a reliable method of transporting large quantities of goods across distant areas, but their versatility in construction, mining and manufacturing jobs also makes them an irreplaceable asset in the transport industry.

4 March 2023, 18:00 PM