Analysis

Analysis

The bakery association had announced it would raise prices by up to 20% starting 12 September. Photo: Rajib Dhar 

Bangladesh's bread price problem is bigger than the price tag

Bread prices may not rise, but smaller buns mean people are paying the same for less

An LNG cargo reaching Chattogram is only half the story, the other half is whether Bangladesh can afford enough such cargoes for months. Photo: Reuters

How Bangladesh should prepare for a worsening Middle East war

Photo: Collected

Beyond traditional aid: Why Bangladesh needs to diversify public project financing

An aerial view of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca/ Reuters

Who was behind the drone near Mecca?

A dengue-affected child at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka on 16 September 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Kolkata tamed dengue. Can Bangladesh learn how?

Photo: Collected

The case for bringing retired power plants back online

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