Saleh Shafique

The seized wildlife includes a hornbill, three spectacled langurs, 13 hill yellow tortoises, three porcupines, three slow lorises, one eagle owl and three Asian palm civets, totalling 42 wild animals.  Photos: Forest Department 
Panorama

The Other Side of Hadis: Bird trader exposed as wildlife trafficker behind country’s largest wildlife rescue 

Nearly 5,000 people would pass through Kathpatti Ghat every day, when it was the busiest launch terminal on the Dhaleshwari River two decades ago. Photos: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Kathpatti: How the Dhaleshwari's busiest launch terminal was silenced

Inaugurated in 1953, Gulistan Cinema Hall became Dhaka’s first modern air-conditioned cinema hall and quickly turned into a symbol of urban sophistication. Photo: Collected
Panorama

How a cinema hall gave Gulistan its name

Now living in high-rises that once were tin shacks, families in Dayaganj navigate a changing life. Photo: MEHEDI HASAN
Panorama

From tin shacks to tower blocks: How life has changed in Dayaganj’s sweeper colony

Collage: TBS
Features

Beyond printing: How fine paper became part of Bangladesh’s creative industry

Photo: Collected
Splash

When Eid meant cinema: The golden age of Bangladeshi film releases

Yala Peak. Photo: Mohammad Mohiuddin Mahi/Rope4
Features

From Keokradong to Himalayas: Mountaineer Mahi is building Bangladesh’s next generation of climbers

Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer, Eastern Sundarbans. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

How one forest officer is fighting poachers in the Sundarbans

Jasim Molla’s Paribagh newspaper stall now sells bread, chips, and everyday essentials. Once a hub for magazines such as The Times and National Geographic, it reflects the sharp decline in newspaper readership and the changing face of the trade. Photo: Saleh Shafique
Features

News stands mostly without newspapers: What Dhaka's hawkers now sell to survive?

Neimra Marma, owner of Swapnachura restaurant, poses with her female staff, all wearing Swapnachura T-shirts, at her restaurant on Mohila College Road, Khagrachhari, recently. Photo: Courtesy
Features

‘Swapnochura’: How Neimra Marma’s dream climbed to its peak against all odds

Long before today’s giants like Patanjali, Dabur, Baidyanath and Zandu began exporting worldwide, Jogesh Chandra had already pushed Bengal-made Ayurvedic medicines onto the global stage through Shadhana Oushadhalaya. Photo: TBS
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Shadhana Oushadhalaya: The 111-year legacy of Bengal's Ayurvedic pioneer

Meherunnesa was an active member of the Mirpur Action Committee led by Poet Kazi Rozy. Her courage had already alarmed hostile sections of the local Bihari community, but she ignored their threats. Photo: TBS
Panorama

‘Surjyajyotir Pakhi’: Remembering Meherunnesa, the first martyred female poet of ’71

Motalib Plaza alone has around 1,500 technicians — 50 in the ‘A’ category, 300 in the ‘B’ category, and the rest in the ‘C’ category. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Inside Bangladesh’s struggle for skilled mobile phone technicians