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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

World governments are freezing assets and imposing sanctions on scam hubs across Southeast Asia. Experts still warn that fragmented efforts fall short of a unified global strategy

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?

From 8am onwards, the carts set out to deliver vegetables across the area. Photo: TBS

Cook Fresh: How ready-to-cook vegetable carts are changing grocery shopping in Mirpur

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

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

Each collector reflects a different era of fascination — yet all are fueled by the same impulse: to hold onto something that recalls who they were, or who they wished they could be. Photo: Collected

Action figures, funko fever and blind boxes: Dhaka's thriving pop culture collectibles market

Sketch: TBS

Twin polls in February: The road ahead

Graphics: TBS

Is Bangladesh prepared for AI-generated info wars in upcoming elections?

Running a cafe and running a bookstore require two entirely different areas of expertise. When forced together without equal attention to both, one side inevitably becomes ornamental. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Why Dhaka’s book cafes fail to read the room