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Long Read

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Solar electric vehicles: A business prospect for Bangladesh

Battery run vehicles are tremendously popular in Bangladesh, and they are currently the cheapest public transport on local roads

The leather industry cannot spread its wings due to compliance issues. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Leather industry: An unending saga of mismanagement and pollution

File photo. Photo: Salahudddin Ahmed

Rethinking embankments: Natural design versus human interventions

A stylist washes a customer’s hair at a salon in Burgos, Spain, on May 4. It was the first time the salon was open since the country’s lockdown began. CESAR MANSO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

How are countries reopening? Firsthand reports from around the world

This picture was taken from chorok festival at Sylhet, Bangladesh where People believe that the festival will carry prosperity by eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year through hardships on the body. Photo: Subrata Dey

Sacrifice for the hope

Vanishing Bees: Our existential threat

Vanishing Bees: Our existential threat

Jagat Seth of Bengal: Banker of the world

Jagat Seth of Bengal: Banker of the world

A passage to Agartala

A passage to Agartala

In praise of good policies

In praise of good policies

A 45kg Katla fish worth Tk80,000

A 45kg Katla fish worth Tk80,000

People dump wastages into the Buriganga River at Kamrangirchar area in the capital. Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

‘Plastic river!’

Coup supporters celebrate victory in Tehran/Collected

How US, UK killed Iran democracy in 4 days

The making of an enemy

The making of an enemy