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Noukabaich prize money helps fund climate adaptation projects in Sardarpara, a region increasingly affected by salinity and water scarcity. Photo: Collected

Rowing against the tide: How a coastal village is fighting climate change with a boat race

As rising salinity and recurring climate shocks threaten life on the edge of the Sundarbans, residents of Sardarpara are turning the centuries-old Noukabaich tradition into an unlikely source of...

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Can Bangladesh’s 8.5% growth ambition hold up to economic reality?

A new $80bn corridor: ADB’s vision for connecting Bangladesh’s growth centres

A new $80bn corridor: ADB’s vision for connecting Bangladesh’s growth centres

Judicial budget worth 5km highway

Judicial budget worth 5km highway

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Are expensive foreign trips widening inequality in Dhaka’s elite schools?

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State keeps spending, but accountability loop never closes

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Doctor-patient violence: The grim prognosis of a health system stretched too thin

A ‘Hands off Iran’ placard is held as people attend an anti-war demonstration in Los Angeles, California. Photo: REUTERS

US-Iran peace deal: Epic Fury’s epic failure?

Majeda Begum raised her young son Maruf in the condemned cell. Photos: Moshfiqur Rahman Johan

Surviving death row: Returning from the gallows, and life afterwards

Nearly 5,000 people would pass through Kathpatti Ghat every day, when it was the busiest launch terminal on the Dhaleshwari River two decades ago. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Kathpatti: How the Dhaleshwari's busiest launch terminal was silenced

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One-Stop or One More Stop?: Syed Akhtar Mahmood discusses deregulation and institutional reform

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A budget that talks reform but walks protection

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Third gender, second-class education