Analysis

Analysis

FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

India’s regional political forces face decline amid rise of BJP-Congress dominance

Across India’s political landscape from north to south and east to west, several regional outfits, once dominant in their respective states and frequently decisive in national coalitions, now stand...

Bangladesh’s post-uprising media landscape faces old questions

Bangladesh’s post-uprising media landscape faces old questions

Illustration: TBS

How banks are easy prey for political funding

A BJP supporter at the Meerut rally on 16 May 2014. Photo: Reuters

21 states, 72% of India: How BJP achieved peak dominance

On Rabindranath’s school of economic thought 

On Rabindranath’s school of economic thought 

Sanem Executive Director and University of Dhaka Professor Selim Raihan. Sketch: TBS

Inflation above 9%: A growing strain on rural and urban lives

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his supporters as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters as the BJP celebrates its win in the West Bengal and Assam states' assembly elections, in New Delhi, India, on 4 May 2026. File Photo: Reuters

What contributed to lotus bloom from Himalayas to Ganges

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How unrestrained utterances cast a shadow on India-Bangladesh ties

Even when women are employed and earning, they often do not control it. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain 

Women’s economic empowerment and the upcoming budget of Bangladesh

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Why Bangladesh's ailing economy needs a free press

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

Tariffs spread the pain, refunds kept the gain

Nuclear Power: From bomb to energy

Nuclear Power: From bomb to energy

As bikers have raised trip prices to meet higher fuel costs, commuters are opting for different modes of transport. Before they were waiting in line for fuel, now they wait for passengers. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Out of the fuel queue oven, into the disappearing margins furnace