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A file photo of six coordinators of the July movement, who were in DB custody, calling off all protest programmes of the movement on 28 July 2025. Photo: Collected

28 July 2024: Scripted statement, rejection and the walls that answered

As a coerced video tried to declare victory, Dhaka's morgues — and its walls — told an entirely different story

JACC supporters have rejected the ‘terror’ designation, insisting their campaign seeks legitimate economic and political rights.

Can Pakistan-administered Kashmir elections calm tensions?

The old homesteads of the Pal community have largely disappeared, leaving little trace of the world that once thrived here. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Godighar: The last legacy of Rayerbazar’s Pal potters

Rostom Ali delivers food and essential supplies to a vulnerable elderly woman through the Ma-Baba Foundation. Photos: Courtesy

Ma-Baba Foundation: How one man’s grief became a lifeline for vulnerable elderly parents

26 July 2024: Block raids, key coordinators’ detention, and internet shutdown

26 July 2024: Block raids, key coordinators’ detention, and internet shutdown

Gen Z protests across Southeast Asia share strikingly similar imagery. Photo: DW

From Dhaka to Delhi, why Gen Z movements are about jobs, not ideology

Makeshift stalls occupying footpaths regularly force pedestrians onto congested roads, putting them in the way of fast-moving vehicles. Photo: TBS

QR-coded hawker cards attempt to bring discipline to Dhaka's footpaths

Sheikh Hasina wipes away tears while inspecting the vandalised Mirpur-10 metro rail station on 25 July 2024, as hospitals filled with protesters maimed by gunfire and independent tallies put the death toll from the unrest at around 203. Photo: BSS

25 July 2024: Crocodile tears pour gasoline on the fire of the uprising 

The city remained under heavy security, with Army and Border Guard Bangladesh personnel deployed at major intersections. Photo: Rajib Dhar 

24 July 2024: When fear became routine

Vehicles navigate a waterlogged road after heavy rainfall triggered widespread flooding on 12 July. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Dhaka’s 416th celebration by Dhaka South: What are we celebrating exactly?

Bangladeshi diaspora communities were organising rallies, issuing statements, and attempting to draw global attention to the crackdown. Photo: Courtesy

How Bangladeshi expatriates joined the July Uprising from afar

Sketch: TBS

Power without control: The erosion of enforceable order

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

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