Analysis

Analysis

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The case for bringing retired power plants back online

Generating around 6,000MW from gas-fired power plants, even at a load factor of below 50%, requires at least 1,000 mmcfd of gas.

Heads of delegations pose for a family photo on day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, 13 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh not joining BRICS Summit: Principled stand or opportunity lost?

Illustration: TBS

Losing control is the real AI threat

Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council data list around 134,568 registered general doctors. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Bangladesh has enough doctors. Why are hospitals still understaffed?

More than 60 lakh battery-run autorickshaws operate across Bangladesh, including 10–12 lakh in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Why every government fails to regulate battery-run autorickshaws

Top candidate of AfD, Ulrich Siegmund, with party co leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, reacts after polls closed, on the day of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, 6 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

Voters in Germany fire a warning shot over Europe

Rooftop solar: Turning incentives into sustainable energy

Rooftop solar: Turning incentives into sustainable energy

Damaged buildings and houses covered in mud stand next to the Likhu River following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 30, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Nepal disaster: The fourteen minutes Hollywood cannot sell

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How Bangladesh became an energy-importing nation despite early warnings

Nepal will also have to confront an enormous economic catastrophe once the immediate humanitarian emergency is brought under control. Photo: REUTERS

After a tsunami from the hills, Nepal must rebuild its ecology as well

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 7 August 2026. Photo: Saudi Press Agency

Mecca Pact: A strategic opportunity, only if Dhaka sets the terms

Salary was supposed to be inflation adjusted, can’t recall why it didn’t happen: Ex-finance secretary

Salary was supposed to be inflation adjusted, can’t recall why it didn’t happen: Ex-finance secretary

Anwar-Ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez. Sketch: TBS

9th pay scale: Inflation will rise, putting pressure on private sector, says BCI president