Miraz Hossain

Miraz Hossain is a journalist at The Business Standard, with interests spanning AI and algorithms, long-form storytelling, environmental issues, urban development, and geopolitics. He previously led the publication's weekly special page, Pursuit.

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Pursuit

POLARIS: Bangladeshi team shines at CERN’s schools physics contest

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Panorama

A ghastly birthday gift

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Panorama

Crowd at Dhaka Medical thins but patients in desperate need of blood

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Panorama

The world is restricting children’s screen time. Bangladesh must follow suit

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Panorama

The quiet rise of new drugs in Bangladesh

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Panorama

How Bangladesh’s local NGOs are surviving the foreign aid collapse

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Thoughts

Bangladesh is building a digital economy on a floor that is giving way

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Panorama

Arrests over social media posts: Who decides what speech is acceptable?

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Splash

Bodies, waste, and the weight of a nation

A blaze after Israel's Fire and Rescue Service said that an industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel's Oil Refineries were hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Haifa, Israel, 30 March 2026. Photo: Reuters.
Panorama

The truce that never came: Why Israel repeatedly keeps sabotaging peace despite negotiations

Field observations suggest 20–30% plant loss in many areas due to elevated salinity. Photo: TBS
Panorama

When salt wins against agricultural innovation

An amateur radio operator communicates with other operators from different countries. Photo: COURTESY
Panorama

Talking to the world from a rooftop in Dhaka: The story of Bangladesh’s amateur radio community 

Asif was rejected in seven public university entrance exams in Bangladesh. DU, BUET, CUET, KUET, SUST, MIST, IUT — all closed their doors. Photo: Courtesy
Pursuit

How Asif Muqtadir got into Harvard — and how you can make it too