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Handmade flower keychains and colourful candles laid out on a small Eid street stall in Dhaka. Photo: Nylah Shah/TBS

Wandering Dhaka: An Eid in sunflowers, perfume, and jhumkas

Through crowded streets and late-night stalls, a city comes alive in small joys, shared meals, and fleeting moments of magic in March.

During the Eid holidays, more than two crore people leave Dhaka in a span of just a few days to return home to their families. Photos: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Homebound for Eid: Hope and hazard on Bangladesh’s highways

The scale of destruction, the targeting of civilian infrastructure, and the rejection of negotiated settlement all reflect a departure from earlier frameworks of conflict management. Photo: Reuters

Making a desert, calling it peace: The enduring logic of Israel’s ‘Clean Break’ strategy

Rohingya refugee children smile while others ride on human-powered Ferris wheels on the second day of Eid al-Adha in the Balukhali refugee camp on 23 August 2018. Photo: REUTERS

This year too, Rohingya’s celebrating Eid in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps

Passengers gather at Dhaka’s Gabtoli Bus Terminal on 17 March 2026 as they embark on their journeys home ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

'Take me home, country roads': A Dhaka student's journey home captures emotion of Eid travel

Zaanse Schans: An autumn afternoon among windmills

Zaanse Schans: An autumn afternoon among windmills

A woman sits at a wooden table in her sunlit home, working on a laptop with a tablet beside her displaying a financial graph showing upward growth.

7 realistic ways to build passive income for beginners

Before the lights flicker: Understanding the real risk in Bangladesh’s power sector

Before the lights flicker: Understanding the real risk in Bangladesh’s power sector

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Beyond the ‘precision’ myth: Humanitarian and strategic cost of the Iran War

Illustration: TBS

How Bangladesh’s global talent returned to build startups at home

Illustration: TBS

RTI Act: Right to information, wrong in practice

A woman in a business suit sits at her desk, looking frustrated at her laptop which displays an email client, illustrating the challenge of getting replies to cold emails.

How to write a cold email that actually gets a reply

Panthapath, Moghbazar Rail Gate, FDC intersection, Mirpur-1, or Gabtoli Bus Stand — such sights can be found across different parts of the capital. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain

Inside Dhaka’s informal labour markets