Md Belal Hossen

Md Belal Hossen is a Reporter at The Business Standard, specialising in foreign affairs, domestic politics, and academic issues. He holds both honors and master's degrees from the Department of Government and Politics at Jahangirnagar University. He can be contacted at belalhossenjuja22@gmail.com

Logo of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir
Politics

Student solidarity week ends: Chhatra Dal, Shibir at odds; progressive groups maintain distance

Activists of the Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement gather at the University of Dhaka's Teacher Student Center (TSC), demanding the capital punishment for Bangladeshi former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the deaths of students during anti-quota protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Bangladesh

Rise of multiple platforms from anti-discrimination movement: How it is shaping student activism

Experts and stakeholders discuss women's role in climate recovery and the issue of their unrecognised contributions at a roundtable jointly organised by TBS, Manusher Jonno Foundation and Sweden Sverige recently in Eskaton Garden, Dhaka. Photos: Rajib Dhar
Supplement

Call for Finance: Achieving Gender Equality in Climate Action Bangladesh

Uncertainty looms over timely distribution of secondary textbooks
Education

Uncertainty looms over timely distribution of secondary textbooks

Anti-Discrimination Student Movement logo. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

‘Liaison committee ineffective, new measures planned to ensure student representation in govt’s decision-making’

File photo of President Shahabuddin. Photo: UNB
Politics

President's removal: No consensus among political parties 

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Why Union Digital Centres have fallen from grace

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Why access to information remains elusive after 15 years of legislation

Shamim Ahmed. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Shamim murder at JU: One arrest and tangled probe in 7 days

Representational Photo: Collected
Education

28 public univs without VCs amid academic and administrative stagnation

Flood victims at Mannara Primary School shelter centre in Cumilla’s Nangalkot upazila. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

‘Never seen such devastating floods in my 75 years’

Representational image. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Europe-bound students, workers facing trouble as Indian visa centres closed

Employees from at least four organisations and government institutions gathered in front of the Chief Adviser’s residence, Jamuna, to voice their demands. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Protests continue to disrupt city traffic