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33 July 2024: Droho Jatra, a girl on a rickshaw, and the regime resumed killing

33 July 2024: Droho Jatra, a girl on a rickshaw, and the regime resumed killing

The uprising marked a decisive shift from protest to defiance. Mass demonstrations, state violence and public resistance pushed the movement towards non-cooperation and the demand for Sheikh Hasina...

Export earnings have declined from nearly $529 million in 2016 to less than $300 million in 2025, despite growing global demand for shrimp. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's shrimp industry has the capacity. Why isn't it growing?

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Every inflationary lever is being pulled at once 

Photo: AI generated.

A generation unwilling to accept inherited answers

Can Trump make Gianni Infantino the next U.N. Secretary-General?

Can Trump make Gianni Infantino the next U.N. Secretary-General?

The cycle of custodial deaths, enforced disappearances and the culture of impunity in Bangladesh: What should we do immediately?

The cycle of custodial deaths, enforced disappearances and the culture of impunity in Bangladesh: What should we do immediately?

The invisible infrastructure behind every trusted number

The invisible infrastructure behind every trusted number

International education fair 2026 to be held in Dhaka on 9 August

International education fair 2026 to be held in Dhaka on 9 August

The Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi continues to host films, exhibitions, performances, and language programmes as it adapts to a changing cultural landscape in Dhaka. Photo: Courtesy

The changing face of Dhaka's foreign cultural centres

At Aparajeyo Bangla, teachers of Dhaka University wanted the police repression to end, halls and dormitories reopened, and every armed officer withdrawn from the grounds. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

32 July 2024: Still bleeding, still July

When farmers work out in the open, a safety shed can provide essential protection from lightning strikes.

How shelters are protecting haor communities from lightning

History shows that youth movements are often symptoms of deeper structural problems rather than the original cause of instability. Photo: REUTERS

When young people lose hope, nations lose stability

Illustration: TBS

The anatomy of an uprising: When protest topples power, and when it fails