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Islampur supplies more than 60% of the fabric distributed across the country and handles about 40% of Bangladesh’s imported clothing fabrics and materials. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Panorama

How Islampur stitched itself into Bangladesh’s textile trade

Patients at Bangladesh Railway Hospital face poor bedding conditions with worn-out mattresses and inadequate bed covers compromising basic comfort, hygiene, and dignity. Photos: Mohsin Islam Tanvir

Panorama

Railway General Hospital: OT, lab and beds yet no doctors and patients

Today, a road has been built over Dholaikhal, and countless shops and buildings dealing in machine parts and repairs have sprung up on both sides. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Panorama

Dying Dholaikhal gets a new life. But can it live on?

A large share of the roughly 3,000 small plastic factories located in Dhaka is concentrated in Islambagh. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

Panorama

Islambagh: The neighbourhood behind Bangladesh’s plastic economy

Makeshift stalls occupying footpaths regularly force pedestrians onto congested roads, putting them in the way of fast-moving vehicles. Photo: TBS

Panorama

QR-coded hawker cards attempt to bring discipline to Dhaka's footpaths

After Matuail came under the Dhaka South City Corporation in 2017, wider roads were built and the neighbourhood began to change but the floodwater did not. Photo: Saqlain Rizve/TBS

Panorama

Why Matuail drowns every monsoon despite decades of promises

Dr Mozib visits the adopted children regularly, spends time with them and follows their progress for the first three years. Photos: Courtesy

Panorama

Dr Mozib Newborn Foundation: Where Bangladesh's abandoned newborns find new lives

Photo: Collected

Supplement

Tk40,000 SME loan that changed a family's fortune

Illustration by Isabella Lee run in the Daily Bruin/ Collected

Features

Connected, yet alone: The quiet loneliness of digital Bangladesh

Passengers gather at Dhaka’s Gabtoli Bus Terminal on 17 March 2026 as they embark on their journeys home ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Features

'Take me home, country roads': A Dhaka student's journey home captures emotion of Eid travel