Ashraful Haque

Senior Feature Writer

Espadrilles made in Amass’ Jhenidah factory are going to Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, South Africa and Korea. Photos: Courtesy
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Amass Footwear: Diversifying export basket with jute-made espadrilles

Illustration: TBS
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Art DeFehr: The man who transformed Bangladesh's agriculture in its early years

Abundant natural resources have made haors a suitable place for duck farming. PHOTO: ASHRAFUL HAQUE
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The mobile duck farms in the haors

It takes 10 kg milk to make 1 kg cheese, making the product a bit expensive. Photo: Azizul Shonchay
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Austagram cheese: How the industry is growing slowly, but steadily

School feeding programme: Why the $6 billion scheme is so crucial
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School feeding programme: Why the $6 billion scheme is so crucial

These handlooms produce over eight lakh pieces of high-quality lungi every year, worth over Tk121 crore. PHOTO: NOOR-A-ALAM
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The fine handloom lungi villages of Dhaka

Professor AHM Mustafizur Rahman. Illustration: TBS
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Professor AHM Mustafizur Rahman: French accolade for lifetime research on sustainable agriculture

Lear’s macaws ( illegally imported birds and recently seized at the airport) were sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Gazipur, where they are currently kept in quarantine. Photo: Masud Al Mamun
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Smuggled Lear's macaw in Bangladesh: Can the endangered birds return to the wild?

All the designs and technical documentations created by Field Ready are made open source, so that a product made in one country can be used in another. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
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Field Ready: Empowering locals to supply emergency response materials

Saber Hossain Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS
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'Our main goal is to protect the lives and livelihoods of climate-vulnerable people'

Currently, Shofik supplies three to 3.5 tonnes of rice every month and the demand is growing. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
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Electric husking pedal: One small innovation, one big business for SOA Bangladesh

Many stores at the solar wholesale markets are now half full. Or half empty. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
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Empty stores and crowded corridors: How the solar market ran out in a week

Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste
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Beating plastic pollution: Local startups build businesses around waste