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What they are collecting is coal sludge: fine fragments of coal that are washed out of the mining process and carried through the drainage channel as waste. The mine has no use for it. Photo: Hasan Jamilur Rahman Saikat/TBS

The women surviving in the shadow of Bangladesh's biggest coal project

For two decades, women in Dinajpur have stood in a coal mine’s drainage channel, collecting discarded sludge to feed their families — sustaining an invisible economy beside one of Bangladesh's...

Ashraf Ali, a resident of Paikgachha Upazila Sadar, has been paralysed since suffering a stroke four years ago. He now requires frequent hospital visits. The photo was taken at Khulna Medical College Hospital in early April. Photo: Awal Sheikh.

High salinity causes premature strokes, coastal families sink into debt

Illustration: TBS

Can agroforestry carbon credits open a new income stream for Bangladesh’s farmers?

Prolonged exposure to the potassium-sugar mixture can cause deep burns within 30 to 60 seconds, sometimes leading to amputation. Photo: Rafia Mahmud Prato

Potassium-sugar burns: Online fraud is costing teenage girls their hands

Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir. Sketch: TBS

Through budget, government is sowing seeds of a welfare state: Adviser Titumir

The politician who chooses humility over arrogance demonstrates a willingness to create a different political environment. Photo: PMO

The First 100 Days of Tarique Rahman: Reinvention or Redemption?

Ashraf Ali, a resident of Paikgachha Upazila Sadar, has been paralyzed since suffering a stroke four years ago. He now requires frequent hospital treatment. The photo was taken at Khulna Medical College Hospital in early April. Photo: Awal Sheikh.

High salinity causes premature strokes, coastal families sink into debt

Inaugurated in 1953, Gulistan Cinema Hall became Dhaka’s first modern air-conditioned cinema hall and quickly turned into a symbol of urban sophistication. Photo: Collected

How a cinema hall gave Gulistan its name

Illustration: TBS

Screen addictiveness among children: A signal for an impending danger

Aabaar Dekha Hobe

Aabaar Dekha Hobe

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

Infectious Diseases Hospital: From the School of Tropical Medicine to the ‘Dog-Bite Hospital’

Infectious Diseases Hospital: From the School of Tropical Medicine to the ‘Dog-Bite Hospital’

Illustartion: TBS

Should media replace journalists and artists with AI