Sadiqur Rahman

The batteries used by these e-rickshaws are not certified by BSTI yet there are more than three million e-rickshaws in Bangladesh currently. Photo: Saqlain Rizve
Panorama

Illegal battery factories, lead pollution thrive as 'unauthorised' e-rickshaws take over streets

There are force-sensing resistors attached beneath the fabric. When one of them is pressed, an SMS alert with a real-time geographical location is sent to predefined contacts in a smartphone. Photo: Saqlain Rizve
Panorama

The quest for an 'affordable' dress that detects sexual harassment

Unlicensed, untrained and using dangerous chemicals: Inside the inner workings of the capital’s pest control services
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Unlicensed, untrained and using dangerous chemicals: Inside the inner workings of the capital’s pest control services

During and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of school dropouts and child labourers rose proportionately in Bangladesh and many of these children never returned to school. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
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World Day Against Child Labour: Pandemic dropouts make child labour elimination a pipe dream

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

AI might meet its match in Dhaka South's traffic

When mangrove vegetation systems invade a bare tidal flat, dense canopies are gradually formed and they outcompete other types of vegetation. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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The other side of conservation: How mangrove extension is threatening birds' habitats

People’s representatives started the conversion of the forest land into khas land, and leased them to many displaced fishermen, soon after Nijhum Dwip became a union. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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What will Nijhum Dwip offer if it loses its forest and deer?

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University’s researchers have recently developed canned ‘shorshe ilish’, which will be available in the market at an affordable price. (From left) Asst. Professor Masud Rana, entrepreneur Abed Ahsan Sagar and Professor Dr Kazi Ahsan Habib holding canned hilsha. Photo: Courtesy
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Hilsa in a can: Year-round supply of our favourite fish now a reality

TBS Sketch
Panorama

'Bangladesh govt has carefully avoided polarisation narratives'

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Analysis

Can Dhaka be made less hot?

The theives chase mother birds away by blocking all but one entrance to the tree trunks. Photos: Sifat Sharker
Panorama

Botanical Garden: From bird haven to haven for bird thieves

Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

Time to make disaster response training mandatory?

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein. Photo: Collected
Splash

Remembering Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein: The pioneer of the montage