Explainer

Explainer

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Why judicial officials will be assigned for election duty

According to Election Commission sources, these judges and magistrates will form enquiry committees across all 300 constituencies.

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Why Bangladesh’s pharma exporters are struggling to reach global markets

A Thailand's mobile artillery unit operates after Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, in Surin, Thailand, July 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting along their border?

Representational image. Photo: Freepik

Skin diseases rising: Experts explain what patients must do

A woman carries a dog and a mat as she evacuates to a shelter, following fresh military clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along parts of their disputed border, in Buriram province, Thailand, December 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Prajoub Sukprom

How Thailand-Cambodia conflict went from Trump-backed ceasefire to airstrikes

The protesters in front of the BTRC office in Agargaon on 7 Dec. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Why are mobile phone traders protesting?

Estimates of the Syrians still missing after the civil war range from 140,000 to as many as 300,000Image: Yamam Al Shaar/REUTERS

One year after Assad's toppling: What has Syria achieved?

A Cambodian Army member stands near barricades in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 6, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File Photo

How do Cambodia and Thailand's militaries compare?

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a press conference, days after he said Venezuela would deploy military, police and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the U.S., in Caracas, Venezuela, September 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

How Nicolás Maduro has maintained power in Venezuela

Green card holders from 19 countries must now undergo security screening again. Photo: Mehaniq/Panthermedia/IMAGO

What Trump's immigration freeze means

Olga Urbina carries baby Ares Webster as demonstrators rally on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over US President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

What ending birthright citizenship could mean for Americans

A prime example of Bhola’s potential is Sheltech Ceramics, a venture of the prominent Sheltech Group. Photo: TBS

Why Bhola could become Bangladesh's next industrial heartland

Employees work on an Airbus A220-300 at the Airbus facility in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada February 20, 2020/ Reuters

What is the Airbus ‘Icarus Bug’ and how are airlines fixing it?