Spondon Tahsan

Spondon Tahsan is a Dhaka-based journalist and author. His work heavily explores deeply rooted socio-economic shifts, cultural issues, climate challenges, and human-interest dynamics across Bangladesh. He can be reached at spondontahsan@gmail.com.

A waste plant and access road have been built through land gazetted as protected forest, cutting into the Sal forest. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Panorama

After Bhawal, another waste plant rises inside Sreepur’s Sal forest

The station is being built by the Gazipur City Corporation, which it presents as a solution to the city’s waste management problem. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain

Panorama

Sacrificing a forest to 'save' a city: A waste transfer station at the heart of Bhawal National Park

A covert camera disguised as an electrical socket is sold openly at Dhaka market, along with other surveillance devices that are concealed inside everyday objects. Photos: TBS

Panorama

Used covertly, sold openly: How a legal blindspot allows the unregulated sale of spy cams

Forest officers often find themselves chasing offenders through terrain where even movement becomes difficult. Photo: Spondon Tahsan

Panorama

In Koyra, ending the deer hunting trade falls on the shoulders of just 8 men

Noukabaich prize money helps fund climate adaptation projects in Sardarpara, a region increasingly affected by salinity and water scarcity. Photo: Collected

Panorama

Rowing against the tide: How a coastal village is fighting climate change with a boat race

A fisherman arrives ashore near a ship recycling yard in Sitakunda. Photo: Monowar Maruf Nafis

Panorama

As shipbreaking reforms, Sitakunda’s Jaladas return to the sea

After 17 days at sea, the migrants reach the Thai coast, where traffickers transfer them onto smaller speedboats and move them deep into the surrounding hill forests near the border. Photo: Reuters

Panorama

As legal migration to Malaysia stalls, desperate Bangladeshis turn to deadly sea routes

Splash

'The buildings talk on their own': In conversation with Niklaus Graber

After decades mastering a single craft, few alternative professions remain for the tatis. Photos: TBS

Panorama

‘It ends with us’: The last tantis of Tangail

Analysis

Can Bangladesh afford a ‘cultural debate’ on child marriage?

Panorama

Missed opportunity: Why vocational training fails in Bangladesh

The three-domed mosque sits in the garden of Musa Khan, embedded within a dense institutional fabric.

Habitat

Musa Khan’s Mosque: A Mughal monument in the shadow of Curzon Hall

Supplement