Shadique Mahbub Islam

Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh’s political stage, celebrated yet burdened with Khaleda Zia’s legacy in a transformed political landscape. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

Carrying Khaleda Zia’s legacy: The many challenges facing Tarique Rahman in a new political era

This was not a crowd defined by age or class. It was a cross-section of Bangladesh, compressed into streets not built to hold such emotion. Photo: Ahasanul Rajib
Panorama

A city in prayer: Witnessing Khaleda Zia’s final journey

Khaleda Zia: The leader regarded as an uncompromising architect of Bangladesh’s democracy. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Politics

Khaleda Zia and the discipline of power: Recollections from a constitutional crossroads

Khaleda Zia: The life-long vigil for country and democracy
Panorama

Khaleda Zia: The life-long vigil for country and democracy

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Which way is NCP’s new settlement going?

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Real wage crisis: Why higher pays don't allow you to buy more

Tarique Rahman waves at BNP supporters from inside a bus as his motorcade arrives at 36 July Expressway. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Features

A homecoming that signals more than a return

Protesters hold placards at The Daily Star premises condemning the attacks and arson at the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, demanding accountability and press freedom on 19 December 2025. Photo: Collected
Panorama

Eyewitness to the aftermath: A walk in the ruins of newsrooms

Pakistani generals accuse one another of conceiving the plan to deploy Al-Badr, compiling lists of intellectuals, and overseeing their systematic elimination. Photo: Collected
Thoughts

Denial as politics: How Jamaat’s revisionism of 14 December threatens post–July unity

The killing of intellectuals in 1971 was not an isolated act of wartime brutality. Photo: Collected.
Panorama

54 years after the massacre, why Bangladesh still faces an intellectual crisis?

Megaprojects' mega bills are testing Bangladesh’s economy
The Big Picture

Megaprojects' mega bills are testing Bangladesh’s economy

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Despite growth, why are vegetables struggling to become Bangladesh’s next big export?

The July Uprising had erupted from years of anger over enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, politicised policing, and a climate of fear. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Panorama

Where July movement's aspirations stand today