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2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

The 2026 FIFA World Cup promises to unite billions through football, but beneath the spectacle lie questions of war, migration, security, visas and geopolitics that could make it one of the most...

Many elderly people move into assisted-living facilities, retirement communities, nursing homes, or other forms of institutional care. Photo: TBS

Rethinking 21st century elder care

Illustration: TBS

The Grain Trap: 186th in meat consumption, Bangladesh's protein story is built on rice

The aggression at gunpoint along the border has created panic among these stranded people. Photo: Collected

BGB steps up border surveillance; 10 remain on Panchagarh zero line

A fisherman arrives ashore near a ship recycling yard in Sitakunda. Photo: Monowar Maruf Nafis

As shipbreaking reforms, Sitakunda’s Jaladas return to the sea

Life of coastal people in Bangladesh: Between climate struggle and resilience

Life of coastal people in Bangladesh: Between climate struggle and resilience

For now, it seems the Russia-Saudi alliance will focus on oil. Photo: REUTERS

Russia and Saudi Arabia draw closer amid OPEC upheaval

Once at the heart of Dhaka's music scene, even legendary shops like Surasree are struggling in today's changed landscape. Photos: TBS

When the music stops: The quiet death of Dhaka's musical instrument shops

The blackened water of Buriganga offers little sign that this was once the lifeline of Dhaka. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Billions down the drain, yet Dhaka’s rivers are still dying

Illustration: TBS

The earth’s fever, our silence

In many parts of Bangladesh, people now increasingly contact rescuers when stray animals need help. Photo: Courtesy

Adnan Azad and the untold story of animal welfare in Bangladesh

Sketch: TBS

'Bangladesh never faced change on 3 fronts simultaneously; being reactive no longer enough'

What they are collecting is coal sludge: fine fragments of coal that are washed out of the mining process and carried through the drainage channel as waste. The mine has no use for it. Photo: Hasan Jamilur Rahman Saikat/TBS

The women surviving in the shadow of Bangladesh's biggest coal project