TBS Online: 10 most read stories from the past year
In celebration of TBS Online's seventh anniversary, we take a look back at the top-performing reports between August 2025 and August 2026.
Over the past year, The Business Standard has consistently produced stories that captured global attention, becoming some of the most searched and widely read content on Google.
In celebration of TBS Online's seventh anniversary, we take a look back at the top-performing reports between August 2025 and August 2026.
1. Affordable, quiet and green: Electric shuttle buses set a model for Dhaka's residential areas
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To reduce traffic congestion and excessive rickshaw fares in Bashundhara, an electric shuttle bus service has been launched on an experimental basis, with a minimum fare of Tk10. These eco-friendly shuttle buses travel from the 300-foot entrance of Bashundhara to the pocket gate of Evercare Hospital; another set plies through more remote I and K blocks.
2. 18km of Dhaka Bypass Expressway opens to traffic
The 18-kilometre section of the 48km Dhaka Bypass Expressway will ease road communication from the Bhogra Bypass in Gazipur to Madanpur. The route connects the Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways, reducing travel time between the regions.
3. ACI Motors on track for Guinness World Record with handover of 350 Sonalika tractors in one day
Though agriculture is often described as the backbone of Bangladesh's economy, enthusiasm and investment in the sector remain limited.
4. Jackfruit, mango's maiden sea travel: Water routes open new export windows
According to the Chattogram Plant Quarantine Station, 39,141 kg of mangoes were shipped overseas in the recently concluded season. The highest share, 17,877 kg, went to the United Kingdom, followed by 14,580 kg to the UAE, 3,834 kg to the United States, 1,950 kg to Italy, 504 kg to Belgium, and 396 kg to Canada.
5. Bangladesh Bank issues new Tk1,000, Tk500, and Tk10 notes
Banknotes of Tk20, Tk50, and Tk100 denominations from the same series, which are already in circulation, will also be progressively issued with the governor's signature.
6. Wanna meet MrBeast and represent Bangladesh in Beast Games S03? Here's how you can take a shot
The third season of Beast Games, the reality competition created by the YouTube star, featured high-stakes challenges and offers a prize pool of $5 million (around Tk60 crore).
7. Complete guide to Jujutsu Kaisen characters and their powers
This guide breaks down every major player from Jujutsu Kaisen. No confusing jargon. No endless paragraphs.
8. New pay scale committee formed for Armed Forces
The interim government had formed the "Armed Forces Pay Committee, 2025" to determine a new pay structure for members of the army, navy, and air force.
9. Dhaka-Kasiani-Gopalganj rail line sinking, study warns
By analysing Sentinel-1 satellite data and InSAR time-series analysis from January 2020 to October 2023, the researchers monitored ground movement along the route. Their findings showed an average subsidence rate of 10-16 millimetres per year.
10. CA Yunus calls for smarter financing to close $4 trillion SDG gap with five priorities
"Tax systems must be progressive, transparent, and ensure multinational corporations pay their share. Negotiations under the UN Framework on International Tax Cooperation must address these inequities," Yunus said while delivering the speech at the opening segment of "First Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy: Implementing Commitments on Financing the Sustainable Development Goals" at the UN headquarters.
