Saqlain Rizve

Saqlain Rizve is a Bangladeshi journalist with a focus on politics, diplomacy and broader social issues. He also occasionally writes about entertainment and lifestyle.

Greenery-filled outdoor seating at Pinewood Café shows how converted apartments in Bashundhara are being adapted into relaxed café spaces. Photo: Pinewood
Habitat

From homes to hospitality: Dhaka’s quiet architectural transformation

Citizens without soil: The untold story of Bangladesh’s Telugu community
Panorama

Citizens without soil: The untold story of Bangladesh’s Telugu community

Can Bangladesh’s media be truly free and fair in the upcoming days?
Thoughts

Can Bangladesh’s media be truly free and fair in the upcoming days?

The unfulfilled promise of Dhaka’s open-air theatres
Panorama

The unfulfilled promise of Dhaka’s open-air theatres

The problem is not audience demand or artistic capacity, but an atmosphere of uncertainty that has made entertainment a secondary concern. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

How political uncertainty, insecurity are silencing concerts in Bangladesh

Sketch: TBS
Panorama

2026 polls: Why are all parties dissatisfied with the referee?

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Inside Bangladesh’s machinery of enforced disappearances

How the spread of invasive sucker fish is devastating wetlands and livelihood
Panorama

How the spread of invasive sucker fish is devastating wetlands and livelihood

Collage: TBS
Panorama

Is a report enough to end enforced disappearances?

Photo: Saqlain Rizve
Panorama

How soft-shell crab exports are sustaining Bangladesh's southwest

Once upon a time in Dhaka, our Paras were our worlds
Panorama

Once upon a time in Dhaka, our Paras were our worlds

Can women thrive amid rising religious and social conservatism?
Panorama

Can women thrive amid rising religious and social conservatism?

After decades of decline, Bangladesh’s film industry is now in freefall
Panorama

After decades of decline, Bangladesh’s film industry is now in freefall