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

File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Your guide to buying a healthy sacrificial animal for Eid-ul-Adha

Raja Babu at Gabtoli cattle market. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Meet 'Raja Babu', the 1,400kg bull at Gabtoli cattle market

A general view of semi-pucca houses built under the government's Ashrayan-2 project aimed at providing abode to the homeless and landless families in Bangladesh. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

A roof over their heads, but the fight continues: Ashrayan beneficiaries seek sustainable future

A man in his 80s stand in front of the semi-pucca one-room houses made under the government's Ashrayan-2 project in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

They are now homeowners: Ashrayan-2 fulfils dreams in Lalmonirhat

Photos: Mehedi Hasan
Supplement

Climate-smart agriculture needs women empowerment, public-private coordination: Roundtable

A group of Gram Police members stages a sit-in programme in front of the National Press Club demanding implementation of their job nationalisation. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Law & order

Gram Police nationalisation: Implementation remains stalled for 48 years

A conference on a pre-budget discussion in the WASH sector held at the National Press Club on Thursday (24 May). Photo: TBS
Health

Inadequate budget allocation creates difficulties in achieving WASH sector targets: Speakers

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Australian foreign minister's debut Bangladesh visit to address regional stability, trade growth

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (25 March). Photo: UNB
Economy

Trade with Bhutan doubles after preferential trade agreement