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By 2018, IDCOL had financed the sale of over 4.1 million solar home systems, bringing electricity to approximately 20 million people across Bangladesh. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain 

The state should build markets, not become them 

Public money should concentrate on things no individual entrepreneur can sensibly provide, and it should anticipate how the market it helps create may change

Clothing for children with disabilities requires sensory-friendly fabrics and specific designs. Photos: Ramisa Rahman Tanha

Adaptive fashion: Bangladesh makes clothes for the world, but not for everyone

Farmers harvest fish from a pond. Improved breeding and responsible aquaculture can help keep fish affordable in Bangladesh. Photo: Md. Shohorab Hossain

Innovating fish farming today to nourish tomorrow

Purbachal Bus Depot, half-empty since July, suddenly came alive in September—filling with buses, drivers, mechanics, and customers as business boomed. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain

As Purbachal depot starts functioning, Mohakhali finally gets room to breathe

How should we prepare our students in the age of AI?

How should we prepare our students in the age of AI?

A Tk31 lakh culvert bridge over the Banshgada canal in Satkhira’s Dholihar has been out of service for six years as the approach roads at both ends remain unfinished. Photo: TBS

Beyond approval: Turning Bangladesh’s development promises into results

Illustration: TBS

Young, online and on the streets

Photos: Courtesy

ChotoBhai goes big!

One last serving of puja magic

One last serving of puja magic

'IMF projects business as usual; government projects a dream'

'IMF projects business as usual; government projects a dream'

Investment in modern machinery, workforce development and green manufacturing will be crucial to transforming Bangladesh’s garment industry and strengthening its global competitiveness. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh’s garment industry at a crossroads: Technology and green manufacturing are the way forward

Illustration: TBS

Giving words to the depressed deaf

Illustration: TBS

AI, power, and the new logic of war