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The reward for the laborious manual projection was a quality of light that digital has not quite replicated. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Panorama

24 frames a second: The forgotten craft behind Bangladesh’s cinema halls

Rejected garments and used denim can be transformed into fashionable, functional products, offering a potentially profitable and more sustainable business model. Photo: Baah

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How old jeans find new life in upcycled denim accessories

A terrifying highway manoeuvre, locally known as ‘bauli deya’ is the latest of the bus lover community’s many absurd obsessions. Photo: Collected

Panorama

How bus spotting turned into the fetishisation of reckless driving

Kyoto, a Japanese fusion restaurant, embraces the cosy, intimate scale of a traditional Japanese neighbourhood diner. Photos: Rehnuma Shahreen

Food

Of wasabi, warm lanterns, and a slow afternoon at Uttara’s Kyoto

Apart from Rangamati, Gurkha community people now live in many districts of Bangladesh, including Bandarban, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Kushtia. Photos: Courtesy

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Gurkha community of Bangladesh: Fought for an empire, settled for a nation, forgotten by both

Photos: TBS

Splash

The Tale of the Soil: Archiving a forgotten home through memory and absence

The Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi continues to host films, exhibitions, performances, and language programmes as it adapts to a changing cultural landscape in Dhaka. Photo: Courtesy

Panorama

The changing face of Dhaka's foreign cultural centres

A dedicated camera creates a rare pause, separating the act of seeing from the constant noise of the internet. Photos: Shutter Forge

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Grain, blur and a longing for tactility: Why Gen Z is hunting for old digicams

Photo: Courtesy

Supplement

Square Group: A global conglomerate from humble beginnings

Chhayanaut organises Pahela Baishakh concert at Ramna Batamul, 14 April 2026. Photo: Collected

Supplement

Chhayanaut: Bangladesh's cultural vanguard that refuses to be silenced

Supplement

Bengal Foundation: Four decades of building rooms for Bangladeshi art

Photos: Collected

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The melancholic mystic: Remembering baul Ukil Munshi

In 2013, Bangladesh officially recognised the Hijra community as a third gender. Photo: Rajib Dhar

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Decade after recognition, economic inclusion remains out of reach for Hijra community