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A stylist washes a customer’s hair at a salon in Burgos, Spain, on May 4. It was the first time the salon was open since the country’s lockdown began. CESAR MANSO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Coronavirus chronicle

How are countries reopening? Firsthand reports from around the world

A snapshot of life on Earth under COVID-19 in early May

This picture was taken from chorok festival at Sylhet, Bangladesh where People believe that the festival will carry prosperity by eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year through hardships on the body. Photo: Subrata Dey

Features

Sacrifice for the hope

Vanishing Bees: Our existential threat

Earth

Vanishing Bees: Our existential threat

Jagat Seth of Bengal: Banker of the world

Features

Jagat Seth of Bengal: Banker of the world

A passage to Agartala

Analysis

A passage to Agartala

In praise of good policies

Analysis

In praise of good policies

A 45kg Katla fish worth Tk80,000

Trade

A 45kg Katla fish worth Tk80,000

People dump wastages into the Buriganga River at Kamrangirchar area in the capital. Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

Environment

‘Plastic river!’

Coup supporters celebrate victory in Tehran/Collected

Analysis

How US, UK killed Iran democracy in 4 days

The making of an enemy

Analysis

The making of an enemy

A man makes way through fallen trees on the road from Munshiganj to Burigoalini after cyclone Bulbul hit the coastal area last month. People in the coastal area live in constant fear of cyclones as the newly restored embankments there look feeble in the face of mighty storms. Photo: Mumit M

Environment

Rising waves, incarcerated fishermen and vanishing villages

The grand forefather of the domestic stock

Earth

The grand forefather of the domestic stock

Long Read

Forest shower