Jobaer Chowdhury

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

9.5-hour trip takes 75 hours – locomotive crunch derails freight movement

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman – the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). Illustration: TBS
Interviews

For the Rohingya, self-reliance carries risks, but so does idleness: RRRC

A teacher taking class. Photo: Mumit M
Rohingya Crisis

How Rohingya language, education expanded in Bangladesh camps

A general view image of the Rohingya camp at Cox's Bazar.
Bangladesh

Nine years on, Rohingyas keep crossing into Bangladesh

Marcel Colun, head of the UNHCR sub-office in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Courtesy
Interviews

Rohingya response must shift from aid dependency to self-reliance: UNHCR official

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected
Industry

Low yields, high costs choke Bangladesh’s tea exports

A healthcare worker vaccinates a Rohingya child at a primary healthcare facility inside a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: UNHCR
Rohingya Crisis

Rohingya camps face shrinking healthcare amid funding crunch

Bangladesh train service
Transport

Tk135cr rehabilitation fail to lift Ctg-Dohazari rail speed, Tk23,611cr upgrades ahead

A long tailback on a highway in Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Infrastructure

Tk378cr needed to repair 213km of flood-damaged roads in five Ctg districts: RHD

Photo: Collected
Industry

Beza's flagship economic zone faces water uncertainty as Tk10,553cr pipeline plan stalls

Eight days of heavy rain have stripped bitumen, bricks and sand from Chattogram’s roads, leaving 196.79 kilometres riddled with potholes and raising accident risks. The photo shows damage on Bayezid–Hathazari Road. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Eight days of rain damages 197km of Ctg roads, surpassing six years’ monsoon toll

File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Only Tk85 lakh relief for over 7.5 lakh flood victims in Ctg, 80% yet to receive relief assistance

A CNG-run autorickshaw splashes through water on Dhaka streets on 12 July 2024. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Explainer

Measuring rainfall: How the system works