Md Jahidul Islam

Md Jahidul Islam is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard who has nine years of experience and specializes in city corporation, utility service and environment. He can be reached at jahid.cou.edu@gmail.com

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam. Photo: Facebook
Politics

Nahid's assets stand at over Tk32 lakh

Photo: Collected
Politics

Shafiqur holds Tk61 lakh in cash

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman speaks at a reception rally on 300 Feet Road in Purbachal on 25 December 2025. Photo: BNP Media Cell
Politics

Tarique's yearly income less than Tk7 lakh

Residents collect drinking water from a Dhaka Wasa water ATM booth in Agargaon, filling large containers using prepaid cards. many families rely on these kiosks as an affordable source of safe drinking water. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka's water ATM users grow, but booth expansion fails to keep pace

At the heart of Chattogram EPZ, this 72MW natural gas plant of United Power Generation and Distribution transforms waste heat into a “green steam” system for export-oriented factories, cutting industrial costs by up to 50% and promoting a cleaner, more sustainable supply chain. Photo taken recently. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Energy

United Power's green steam cuts carbon, lowers costs for Ctg's garment sector

Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Bangladesh

Candidates flout EC order to remove banners, posters within 48-hour deadline

From left, BNP candidate in Sylhet-4 constituency, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, conducts roadside meeting at Gowainghat upazila, and another party candidate from Sylhet-1 constituency, Khandaker Abdul Mukhtadir, carries out public outreach at Sadar upazila in Sylhet on 12 December 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Candidates violating electoral code with campaign after schedule

Party symbol of Jatiyo Party
Politics

4 Jatiya Party factions prepare for polls without grassroots presence

Dhaka South teams up with Korean firm to turn trash into energy and fertilizer
Environment

Dhaka South teams up with Korean firm to turn trash into energy and fertilizer

A rickshaw is charged through an unauthorised power line on Mirpur national Zoo Road on Tuesday. Illegal charging points keep rising across Dhaka, powering nearly 10 lakh battery-run rickshaws and causing an estimated Tk4,000 crore in annual power theft. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

'Bangla Tesla' boom drains nearly Tk4,000 crore in power theft a year in Dhaka

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative
Court

Substandard KitKat, sugar, powdered milk: Arrest warrants issued for Nestlé Bangladesh, Meghna Group, SA Group bosses

Representational image. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Earthquake damages 300 buildings in Dhaka; Rajuk inaction irks HC

National Citizen Party. photo: collected
Politics

To ally or not to ally: NCP suffers Hamlet-esque indecision as election nears