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Developers are cutting decades old trees in the Suhrawardi Park to make way for restaurants, walkways and other facilities. Photo: Syed Muhammad Zakir

Tree felling for endless ‘development’ and the grieving Black kite

Peacocks is back to business with fresh investments. Photo: Reuters

The Peacocks saga: Why RMG retailers should not shatter trust

Long queues of suspected patients are common scenes before Covid-19 sample collections booths. Photo: UNB

How patient-friendly are the Covid-19 sample collection booths?

Treatment, pollution of Meghna waters happening at once

Treatment, pollution of Meghna waters happening at once

Dubbed Oxy N Life, this prototype oxygen concentrator can ease breathing issues and save lives. Photo: Courtesy

Former Buet students develop oxygen concentrator, look for potential manufacturer

As a result of saline water intrusion and groundwater depletion, rural communities often have to fetch water from distant water sources. Photo: Tarek Mahmud

‘Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink’

Brac, under its Climate Change Programme, has recently built and handed over 30 such houses in three coastal districts. Photo: Ashraful Haque

A proper cyclone resilient housing for the poor

Batteries manufactured at Rahimafrooz getting the first charge before being packed for the market. Photo: MUMIT M

'We need a level playing field for local battery industry'

The struggle of a family that loses its sole breadwinner to pandemic

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

The struggle of a family that loses its sole breadwinner to pandemic

Why we need the wild

Why we need the wild

The man who spoke truth to power

With spacious and comfortable interior, Baatighar Dhaka is beautifully themed after the Lalbagh Fort. Photo: Noor A Alam/TBS

Baatighar: The lighthouse for bookstores

By setting up a Hybrid Hoffman Kiln, Kapita Auto Bricks Ltd saves 8,000 tonnes of GHG each year. Photo: Mumit M.

Ring of fire: Hybrid Hoffman Kiln brings Kapita Bricks carbon finance