Shamsuddin Illius

Two women break down in grief following a gas leak at Ferdous Steel’s shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram on 14 August 2026. Photo: TBS
Analysis

How 'green' are Bangladesh's shipbreaking yards if workers keep dying? 

TBS Illustration
Economy

Cargo logjam for years eating up 40% of Ctg Port's capacity

Mohammed Amirul Haque. Sketch: TBS
Interviews

Policymakers must engage business leaders regularly to drive reforms: CCCI president

PHP Family’s Vice Chairman Mohammed Mohsin. Sketch: TBS
Interviews

‘My dream is to develop an environmentally sustainable ship recycling industry’

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, November 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Environment

COP30 in Belém: Adaptation gains and equity progress, but fossil fuel phase-out stalls

Dr Md Arifur Rahman, CEO of Young Power in Social Action (YPSA). Photo: Collected
Interviews

'Adaptation finance must triple and become grant-based'

Delegates remain split over whether COP30 will commit to a fossil fuel phase-out and how responsibility will be distributed across developed and developing economies. Photo: Shamsuddin Illius/TBS
Environment

COP30 talks stumble as finance, fossil fuel, tech & gender negotiations deadlocked

File photo of Manjeet Dhakal. Photo: TBS
Interviews

Adaptation finance one of the main agenda as COP30 edges forward, says LDC negotiator Manjeet Dhakal

M Zakir Hossain Khan. Photo: Courtesy
Interviews

'COP30 must mark the end of Climate Debt'

The Bangladesh pavilion at COP30/TBS
Environment

Bangladesh pavilion springs to life after three silent days at COP30

Activists at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém/TBS
Environment

Adaptation finance gaps, just transition clash dominate COP30 in Belém

Representatives from Nepal speak at the COP30 conference in Belem, Brazil. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal unite for climate justice, regional cooperation at COP30

Days into the COP30 conference the Bangladesh pavillion remains empty. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

No escape from red tape: Bangladesh's pavilion stands empty at COP30 despite millions spent