2020

2020

Economist Zahid Hussain. Illustration: TBS

Hoping for a roaring 20s

2020 was a transformative year for the health and well-being of the globe in ways that most would remember as a never-ending nightmare! The calendar year is ending with its legacies spilling over...

First confirmed record of Oriental Bay Owl appeared from Bangladesh in 2020. Photo: Chris Burney/eBird

Wildlife discoveries in 2020: A narrative on Bangladesh

Greece is a perfect case study of the third truth revealed this year: Solvency is a political decision. Angelos Tzortzinis. Photo: Project Syndicate/ Getty images

The seven secrets of 2020

Indian startups raised $9.3 billion in 2020, showing a downfall than previous years

Indian startups raised $9.3 billion in 2020, showing a downfall than previous years

Pankaj Mishra. Illustration: TBS

2020 should teach these democracies humility

Who were on the top of Google searches in 2020?

Who were on the top of Google searches in 2020?

Flood has caused havoc in Southeast Asia. Photo :Reuters

World pays high price for extreme weather in 2020

Maybe they had the right idea. Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The silver lining of 2020*

Big Tech may face a reckoning in 2021, and in more ways than one. Photographer: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images/Bloomberg

How can tech giants top a year like 2020? They can't

Sumner Redstone, Whitney MacMillan and Joseph Safra: three of the 16 billionaires who died in 2020. Photo: Forbes

16 billionaires who died in 2020

Photo: Collected

The Global Pandemic: A Year in Photos

Eminent personalities we lost in 2020

Eminent personalities we lost in 2020

According to WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, there is a one-in-five chance that the average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2024.

2020 closes ‘hottest’ decade on record