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

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

Logo of National Citizen Party.
Politics

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

People stand outside on a street in Dhaka following an earthquake in Bangladesh on 21 November 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka on edge: Panic all around after repeated earthquakes

People stand outside on a street in Dhaka following an earthquake in Bangladesh on 21 November 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Bangladesh

High-rise death traps: At least 50 Dhaka buildings tilt after quake

Firemen on duty at a collapsed building site in Old Dhaka on 21 November 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Has an earthquake this intense ever struck so close to Dhaka before?

Representational Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Bangladesh

Dengue rages as Tk1,000cr lost to futile mosquito control efforts