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Badshah Bahadur arrived at the zoo from Bogura in the early hours of 5 July. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
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Badshah Bahadur: Rescued from abuse, but where will he call home?

Bongobazar: Three years after the fire, Dhaka's once-fashion hub remains scattered
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Bongobazar: Three years after the fire, Dhaka's once-fashion hub remains scattered

The whisper-bidding method was introduced 10 years ago as wholesalers wanted to keep the prices they offered private. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
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At Asadganj’s century-old dry fish market, bidding goes ear-to-ear

Rostom Ali delivers food and essential supplies to a vulnerable elderly woman through the Ma-Baba Foundation. Photos: Courtesy
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Ma-Baba Foundation: How one man’s grief became a lifeline for vulnerable elderly parents

The hospital has 400 beds, about 70% of them non-paying. Photos: Asma Sultana Prova
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The families living through the toll of a loved one’s mental illness

The Malaysian dream sank in the Andaman: Poverty and uncertainty grip those left behind
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The Malaysian dream sank in the Andaman: Poverty and uncertainty grip those left behind

Inaugurated in 1953, Gulistan Cinema Hall became Dhaka’s first modern air-conditioned cinema hall and quickly turned into a symbol of urban sophistication. Photo: Collected
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How a cinema hall gave Gulistan its name

Infectious Diseases Hospital: From the School of Tropical Medicine to the ‘Dog-Bite Hospital’
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Infectious Diseases Hospital: From the School of Tropical Medicine to the ‘Dog-Bite Hospital’

Selling of organic produce began on an experimental basis on Mohammadpur’s Salimullah Road from October 2014 until March 2015, after which the centre relocated to Razia Sultana Road, where it operates today. Photos: TBS
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Pahari Haat: Taking on inorganic farming with hill-sourced produce

Illustration: TBS
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Three lives, one indomitable journey beyond disability

Skills honed over decades that fewer young artisans are choosing to learn — once home to 15,000 gold artisans, Dhaka today counts fewer than 5,000. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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The last goldsmiths of Tantibazar

Panthapath, Moghbazar Rail Gate, FDC intersection, Mirpur-1, or Gabtoli Bus Stand — such sights can be found across different parts of the capital. Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain
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Inside Dhaka’s informal labour markets

A woman shapes clay stoves on the embankment near Sheikh Jamal School in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka. With prolonged gas shortages affecting households across the capital, handmade clay stoves have re-emerged as an affordable cooking alternative. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
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Clay stoves in a gas-starved city: A new livelihood born from crisis