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Illustration: TBS

Bangladesh’s fatal lightning strikes are no longer just a ‘natural’ hazard

In the past, trees acted as a natural protection against lightning strikes. A recent attempt at planting eight million palm trees nationwide never materialised

Dust containing lead is molten in a furnace, after which the molten lead is separated and cooled down.

Bera’s battery ‘recycling’ business is now semi-regulated, but no less toxic

Sketch: TBS

A war the world pays for

Ants are packed in test tubes filled with cotton wool to help them survive for months. Photo: Reuters

‘Micro-wildlife trafficking’: The big gamble on tiny lives

Illustration: TBS

Indoor pollution: The hidden air crisis suffocating women and children in Bangladesh

Farewell to the lens that captured 1971 

Farewell to the lens that captured 1971 

After the election, the word gupto spilled onto the streets. Photo: Collected

‘Gupto’: How a word became a potent political weapon

Tape-Tennis Cricket: Bangladesh’s thriving informal sports economy awaits regulation

Tape-Tennis Cricket: Bangladesh’s thriving informal sports economy awaits regulation

Illustration: TBS

The upcoming budget: Where should it focus?

Dismantling will not begin immediately. The vessel remains about 2,000 feet offshore and must be pulled into position. Cutting operations will start only after regulatory clearance. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin

Fels Can Do II: One of the world’s largest barges arrives at Chattogram for recycling

Infographic: TBS

Who is profiting from the US-Iran War?

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

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

Plan of the Environs of the City of Dacca. Published according to an Act of Parliament by British cartographer J Rennell. Photo: Collected

Revisiting Rennell's Dhaka map of 1776: Historical insights for the government's river, canal restoration plan