Long Read

Long Read

At present, the system detects five categories of violations: running red lights, entering closed left lanes, lane violations, wrong-way driving, and illegal parking. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Has AI finally fixed Dhaka's traffic?

After one and a half months of the experimental deployment of AI-powered cameras and signals at key intersections across the capital, the shift is hard to ignore. The technology is not merely...

Today, Gaza contains the highest concentration of child amputees on earth. Photo: REUTERS

Gaza’s children, the UN report, and the world that looked away

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More money for health is welcome: The hard part starts after the budget

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

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The earth’s fever, our silence

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

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

Bangladesh's children are growing up with lead in their blood

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Water as a weapon: From Farakka to the Himalayas, South Asia’s new geopolitical tool

Silence must end

Silence must end

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Universities in the age of AI: The tension between trust, competence and surveillance

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Trump in Beijing: Future of US-China relations swings between co-op and confrontation

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The quiet rise of new drugs in Bangladesh

Making laws at 'supersonic speed' during Yunus' govt: Isn't it a blatant abuse of power?

Making laws at 'supersonic speed' during Yunus' govt: Isn't it a blatant abuse of power?