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Residents of Bangladesh’s major urban centres continue to live with the consequences of unmanaged waste. Photos: TBS

As cities grow, local administrations struggle to manage mountains of waste

From Sylhet to Cumilla, Bogura to Barishal, cities across Bangladesh are drowning in their own waste — and the people living beside the dumping grounds are paying the price

ASM Ali Ashraf

Strong diplomacy need not close the door to cooperation with India

The Houthi naval blockade’s objective is to manufacture enough uncertainty so that insurers raise premiums, shipping companies reroute, and governments absorb the cost. Photo: Reuters

Why the Houthi-Saudi Arabia conflict matters to Bangladesh

Bangladesh needs to choose human development over fiscal convenience

Bangladesh needs to choose human development over fiscal convenience

Asif M Shahan

India sought strategic leverage; Bangladesh drew a clear line

M Humayun Kabir

Strong response reflected public mood, but India ties face setback 

Photo: Major General (retd) Fazle Elahi Akbar

Diplomatic protest marks Bangladesh’s assertion of sovereign rights 

A red telephone, one of the museum’s main attractions, plays digital recordings of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s voice and phone conversations from different periods when used by visitors. Photo: BSS

Where tyrant’s throne once stood, memories of martyrs remain

Priyo poses with his press pass while covering the 12th national parliament election in January 2024. Photos: Collected

'I miss you Piyo Baba': A daughter waits for her father, a mother for the country he dreamed of

Of the total transaction value in 2025, cash accounted for 67.2%, while digital payments made up just 32.8%. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh’s cashless economy ambition faces a trust deficit

At the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in Dhaka, doctors recorded more than 700 pellet-related eye injuries. Photo: TBS

Ocular aggression: From Bangladesh to Gaza, why regimes deliberately blind protesters

A large share of the roughly 3,000 small plastic factories located in Dhaka is concentrated in Islambagh. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Islambagh: The neighbourhood behind Bangladesh’s plastic economy

Three-way violence engulfed the country as protesters began fighting bare-handed against the police and against Awami League, Jubo League and Chhatra League men. Photo: Rajib Dhar

35 July 2024: The final call for ‘March to Dhaka’