Analysis

Analysis

As bikers have raised trip prices to meet higher fuel costs, commuters are opting for different modes of transport. Before they were waiting in line for fuel, now they wait for passengers. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Out of the fuel queue oven, into the disappearing margins furnace

A full tank that used to cost bikers around Tk300 now costs closer to Tk400. But their per-trip earnings on apps have not change.

Illustration: Reuters

How Trump is moving to control US elections, one state at a time

Sketch: TBS

A war the world pays for

Dust containing lead is molten in a furnace, after which the molten lead is separated and cooled down.

Bera’s battery ‘recycling’ business is now semi-regulated, but no less toxic

After the election, the word gupto spilled onto the streets. Photo: Collected

‘Gupto’: How a word became a potent political weapon

Illustration: TBS

Oil crisis: Lessons from global crises and Bangladesh’s blueprint for energy security

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

The hidden price of cheap fuel

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh in its own Strait: Caught between war and policy paralysis

Illustration: TBS

Orbán's fall: It's the economy, stupid

Can Bangladesh afford a ‘cultural debate’ on child marriage?

Can Bangladesh afford a ‘cultural debate’ on child marriage?

Illustration: TBS

Failed talks, strategic gains: Pakistan's quiet rise and Bangladesh's delicate balancing act in a fracturing South Asia

Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Iran's and US flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Old rules, new realities: What the US-Iran stalemate reveals about power and the Global South

Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran, February 28, 2026. Photo: Reuters

India-Iran ties stay afloat despite Middle East war