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Where is Bangladesh–India relations heading?

Diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India have entered an increasingly complex phase, marked by a series of reciprocal actions and heightened rhetoric over the past two weeks.

In a new era of individualised entertainment, where proximity no longer guarantees connection, and people grow more distant every day. Photo: Collected

From living rooms to isolated screens: How algorithmic entertainment is making us lonelier

The attack on Chhayanaut left their classrooms, offices, and the library extensively damaged. Photo: Srejan Ghanta/TBS

Chhayanaut: Damaged beyond brick and mortar

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

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

Photo: Saqlain Rizve

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

The Bangladeshi wedding market is estimated to be worth between Tk12,000 crore and Tk14,000 crore. Photo: Collected

Caught between cost and culture: Inflation is reshaping the wedding market in Bangladesh

Scam centre workers are typically citizens of Asian countries who are often victims of human trafficking. The scams primarily target people in Western, English-speaking nations. Photo: Hwawon Ceci Lee via DW

The globalisation of the war on Asian scam networks

Beyond the indignity of being denied a seat in a restaurant lies a far deeper insecurity. Harijans have no land and no permanent housing of their own. Photo: TBS

Dignity denied: For keeping their cities clean, Rangpur's Harijans are rewarded with segregation

Pakistan Army Aviation's 'Swiss Alouette III' helicopter, stationed with the Army Aviation School in January 1969. The Alouette III model served a vital role in evacuation during December 1971. Photo: Collected

Escape from Dhaka

In a street of old Dhaka, Mukti Bahini guerrillas hunt Pakistani snipers during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Photo: Kishor Parekh

When freedom came home: A 12-year-old’s memory of Victory Day

Migratory birds rely on Dhaka’s wetlands for food and shelter—without healthy lakes and surrounding floodplains, these winter visitors are disappearing. Photo: Dr Reza Khan

What's behind the decline of wintering ducks at Jahangirnagar University?

The bakery was founded to cater to the refined tastes of the city’s elite, particularly European residents who longed for familiar flavours in a distant colony. Photo: TBS

Prince of Wales Bakery: Old Dhaka's 175-year-old taste of time

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

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