Ariful Islam Mithu

Prashanta Kumar Banerjee. Sketch: TBS
Interviews

'Public Asset Management Company can be an additional tool to curb bad loans'

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Bangladesh

Khulna Diaries: No more hearing my boss yell over being late

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Panorama

A dream dreamt and then delivered

Photo: Ariful Islam Mithu
Bangladesh

Opening of Padma Bridge: Emotions are running high in Shibchar 

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Bangladesh

‘Now we can go to Dhaka hassle-free’

TBS illustration
Panorama

‘You cannot stop cyber-attacks. Our target is to minimise the damage’ 

Ali Ahmed Khan. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

‘I don’t think private depots properly comply with the fire safety guidelines’ 

Contaminated water from the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate pollutes the River Kaliganga after the River Dhaleshwari and the River Buriganga. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Environment

Tanneries: First they killed Buriganga, then Dhaleswari and now Kaliganga

Underlying problems such as school dropouts need to be addressed first before taking a legal route to stop child labour. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

‘Child labour in a country like Bangladesh is primarily a development issue, not so much of enforcement’

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Panorama

Facebook and Bangladeshi politicians: A new tide in mass political communication?

Dr Manzoor Ahmed. TBS TBS Sketch.
Panorama

‘We need a two-to-three-year recovery plan before returning to a regular class routine’

:Wholesalers as well as retail shop owners withdrew edible oil from the market in the hope of more profit. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Panorama

'If the govt can control 25% of the market, the influence of big importers will be reduced' 

Though the highways are being widened, the quality of the journey deteriorates as the day passes. Photo: Collected
Panorama

'More lanes will not solve the problem, we need to improve the operational condition of highways'