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A boom in content creation is turning villages into hubs of creativity, employment, and digital storytelling. Photo: TBS Collage

From fields to feeds: How content creation is transforming rural Bangladesh

In the quiet corners of rural Bangladesh, a digital revolution is underway. From humble fields to village kitchens, content creators are not just finding fame but are creating jobs, and...

Rather than a right, education is a risk, a luxury, and too often, a lost dream in rural Bangladesh. Photo: TBS

When books compete with bread: The harsh trade-offs of education in rural Bangladesh

Banks disbursed Tk19,215 crore of agriculture, rural credit in 7 months

Banks disbursed Tk19,215 crore of agriculture, rural credit in 7 months

Illustration: TBS

Trust Bank expanding rural coverage to boost agribusiness

A file photo of outgoing Planning Minister MA Mannan. Photo: Collected

Goal now is to build world-class infrastructure up to rural level: Planning minister

Broken rural roads of despair

Broken rural roads of despair

Project SWAPNO has so far been implemented in 22 districts of Bangladesh, benefiting 64,980 people. Photo: Courtesy

Project SWAPNO: Marico teams up with the govt to empower rural women 

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Rural India sinks deeper into debt as Covid-19 wipes out work

Barkha Dutt

Covid-19 and the invisibilisation of rural India

Mohammad Anisur Rahman, director of Aarong Dairy. Sketch/TBS

Aarong Dairy was founded to change fortune of rural poor

Six million school-going children risk of learning loss: PPRC & BIGD Study

Six million school-going children risk of learning loss: PPRC & BIGD Study

State University’s new project ‘Prantik Proser’

State University’s new project ‘Prantik Proser’

Mice run away on a farm in Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia March 12, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. MELANIE MOERIS/via REUTERS

Plague of mice hits parts of rural Australia