Analysis

Analysis

On 26 August, a sudden surge of water, ice and rock tore through a valley along Nepal’s border with China, despite no rain. Photo: Reuters

Learning from Nepal’s floods: Why Bangladesh’s hydro-diplomacy must be built on risk sharing

For downstream Bangladesh, preventing the next disaster will require river-level readings, real-time dam data, basin-wide cooperation, and hydro-diplomacy

Representational image. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Extreme heat is becoming an economic threat

Three coaches, one broken system: Inside BFF's coaching carousel

Three coaches, one broken system: Inside BFF's coaching carousel

Fertiliser may technically be included in official stock figures while remaining inaccessible to farmers. Photo: TBS

Fertiliser shortage: First phase of a looming crisis?

Bangladesh built power plants first and transmission lines second, and the bill for that sequencing error runs to roughly a billion dollars a year in carrying costs alone. Photo: TBS

How decades of policy failures created Bangladesh’s power crisis

Representational Image. Photo: Collected

Gunvor's LNG deal: Cheap long-term promise masked by expensive start

The Faces of Mohammadpur's Criminal Underworld

Mohammadpur: From a Mughal-era settlement to Dhaka’s crime hotspot

Sketch: TBS

It's the economy, stupid

Two women break down in grief following a gas leak at Ferdous Steel’s shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram on 14 August 2026. Photo: TBS

How 'green' are Bangladesh's shipbreaking yards if workers keep dying? 

The 10 pm closure of Dhaka University’s female halls has become the focus of a growing debate over safety and freedom. Photo: Collected

Sandhya Ain: The debate over Dhaka University's female hall curfew

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 7 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

Saudi Arabia looks for post-US security with Pakistan, Türkiye

Captive elephants should be managed according to internationally accepted standards of elephant welfare, veterinary medicine and behavioural management. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Bangladesh must give its elephants a future

Bangladesh needs to choose human development over fiscal convenience

Bangladesh needs to choose human development over fiscal convenience