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Nafis Ud Doula and Fazlee Shamim Ehsan. Sketch: TBS

How global economic turmoil is shaking up Bangladeshi trade

Trade wars, sanctions and shifting alliances are closing in. How will Bangladesh’s export engine face its future test?

Illustration: TBS

The high cost of trade chaos across a century

Expatriate voting through app: Expansion of rights or invitation for dispute?

Expatriate voting through app: Expansion of rights or invitation for dispute?

Voting beyond borders: How postal ballots function worldwide

Voting beyond borders: How postal ballots function worldwide

Illustration: TBS

Defence pacts in history: Lessons from the world for Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

Graphics: TBS

Riyadh moves to redress strategic imbalance by bringing Islamabad’s nukes into play

Illustration: TBS

Want higher GDP? Focus on democracy

Representational image of voting in Bangladesh. File photo: Collected

Why Bangladesh’s economy badly needs fair elections

Graphics: TBS

As the nation builds, Dhaka crawls: Why transport sector progress still feels stuck in traffic

Graphics: TBS

From hyperloop to robotaxis: What transportation could look like by 2050

Graphics: TBS

SCO Summit 2025: Can Beijing’s big push reshape global order?

Imperial Federation Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886 (Cornell University Library

No superpower lasts forever

The famine of 1943 was so brutal that it claimed at least three millions lives out of the population of sixty million. Photo: Wikipedia

Shadows of hunger: A quick look back at the biggest famines in history