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The anatomy of an uprising: When protest topples power, and when it fails

Uprisings can force presidents into exile, bring down dictatorships or leave authoritarian systems more entrenched than before. What determines whether the street succeeds has depended on far more...

When farmers work out in the open, a safety shed can provide essential protection from lightning strikes.

How shelters are protecting haor communities from lightning

The Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi continues to host films, exhibitions, performances, and language programmes as it adapts to a changing cultural landscape in Dhaka. Photo: Courtesy

The changing face of Dhaka's foreign cultural centres

Bangladesh should adopt a landscape-based land management approach. Photo: TBS 

The Chattogram hills need a new development model

Today’s Farashganj bears little resemblance to the neighbourhood that once housed Dhaka's leading company office. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Farashganj: In search of Dhaka's first 'office para'

Newly elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party Andy Burnham walks following his first engagement as leader, in Gravesend, Kent, Britain, 17 July 2026. Photo: Reuters

From Gaza to the far-right, UK’s new PM faces major hurdles

At present, the system detects five categories of violations: running red lights, entering closed left lanes, lane violations, wrong-way driving, and illegal parking. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Has AI finally fixed Dhaka's traffic?

Today, Gaza contains the highest concentration of child amputees on earth. Photo: REUTERS

Gaza’s children, the UN report, and the world that looked away

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More money for health is welcome: The hard part starts after the budget

The blackened water of Buriganga offers little sign that this was once the lifeline of Dhaka. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Billions down the drain, yet Dhaka’s rivers are still dying

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The earth’s fever, our silence

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The Grain Trap: 186th in meat consumption, Bangladesh's protein story is built on rice

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

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