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Bhangariwalas buy old newspapers, books, discarded home appliances, faucets, plastic products etc from people and bring them to their shops. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Bhangari shops: Where they recycle, refurbish and resell preloved items

Many bhangari shops have gone online and they are playing a bigger role in repairing and recycling broken things

Cover of Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’

Recent coups in Africa: Why Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ is still a relevant read

With a deft touch, artisans transform everyday fruits and vegetables like apples, pineapples, watermelons, radishes etc into edible artpieces like peacocks, fish, ducks, and what not. Photos: Courtesy

The blossoming art of fruit carving

The centre currently provides hands-on training to students, teaching them how to process materials and synthesise and characterise them. Photo: Rajib Dhar

38 years on, DU’s semiconductor research centre barely scratches the surface

Photo: Representational Image

‘With right support, we can design and test microchips in the country’

Carnival Cruise is getting ready for launch next week. Photo: Courtesy

Carnival Cruise: A brand-new launch cum ferry that will save travel time

Panorama's Best Stories 2022

Panorama's Best Stories 2022

Human Library Bangladesh has organised so far nine sessions; eight have been held in different parts of Dhaka and one in Khulna. Photo: Courtesy

Human Library Bangladesh: Where the halls come alive with human voices

Infograph: TBS

How Tech Giants Make Their Billions

Melting of glaciers is not just threatening our future, it is erasing our past too. Photo: Reuters

The melting of our history

Illustration: Foreign Policy

The doomed voyage of Pepsi’s Soviet navy

Before the pandemic hit, Sumon Roy (in the middle) used to organise Old Dhaka walks on the weekends for tourists visiting Bangladesh. PHOTO: COURTESY

Lost Panorama: Exploring Old Dhaka’s heritage through walks in the alleys

There are a total of 932 organisations of transport owners and workers which extort at least Tk2,000 crores every year from commercial bus services. Photo: Mumit M

Sluggish private investment: Why doing business in Bangladesh isn’t really easy