From a raid that uncovered more than 1,100 exotic animals in a Dhaka house to the cramped cages of Katabon, the pet trade hides a grim reality.
The Jamuna, Ganges and Padma have taken more than 1,500 square kilometres of land in five decades, along with the homes and livelihoods built on it.
Plastic imports pushed aside Bangladesh’s handmade toys, then gave rise to a local factory industry that now makes millions of toys a year.
A 43-year-old widow in Mymensingh’s Fulbaria has alleged that her thumbprint was taken under the pretext of preparing a family card and later used to create a forged marriage deed. The document names a local man as her…
The High Court has ruled that denmohor is a wife’s independent financial right and a husband’s legal obligation. Financial hardship cannot cancel the liability, though courts may permit instalments in genuine cases. A w…
How Instagram, students and Tk 300 finds turned second-hand clothes into Dhaka's newest fashion trend
Inside Dhaka's free animal ambulance service, getting injured street dogs and cats from the roadside to the vet
Inside Chattogram's shipbreaking yards, where the world's old ships are torn apart and workers pay the price
How vinyl printing is erasing the hand-painted art that turned Dhaka's rickshaws into moving galleries
How hilsa, Bangladesh's national fish, became a tool of smuggling, diplomacy and politics, and why ordinary people now struggle to afford it.
