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Quality pre-primary education is a must to properly prepare children for the next stages of education, which equips them with the knowledge and talent a skilled nation requires. Photo: Collected.
Education

Parents’ pre-schooling nightmare: Costs, inequality rise as sector lacks policy

Graphics: TBS
Bangladesh

Fuel crisis squeezing household budgets as food prices rise

Dancers gracefully bid adieu to the passing year while ushering in Pahela Baishakh 1433 on Monday at CRB Shireeshtala in Chattogram. Organised by the New Year Celebration Council, the festivities feature traditional music and dance as part of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations. Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Nation turns into a cultural canvas to welcome Pahela Baishakh

File Photo: Chattogram’s Khatunganj is the country’s largest wholesale market for consumer goods. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Economy

Mideast war drives surge in imported essential commodity prices

A long queue of cars and motorcycles stretches for hundreds of metres along the road near a Bijoy Sarani filling station, as ongoing fuel shortages leave commuters waiting for hours in the sweltering heat. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Fuel supply rises across segments; why then long queues at filling stations?

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Govt proposes Tk144 crore project for tea workers' water, sanitation

Illustration: TBS
Education

Schools may go for blended learning while offices, malls run as usual 

Illustration: TBS
Education

Online classes in discussion amid energy crisis, how feasible will it be?

Farzana Sharmin Putul. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

No one can receive two state benefits at once: State Minister Farzana Putul

Eid travels become toiling due to lack of transport along with long tailbacks. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Long traffic jams during Eid journeys, women and children suffer the most

Passengers crowd the jetty at Sadarghat Launch Terminal as Eid holiday travel picks up, with people seen boarding and disembarking launches, on 17 March 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Bangladesh

Eid rush at Sadarghat while Padma Bridge eases pressure on Gabtali, Saydabad

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Sadarghat springs back to life as passengers head home for Eid

Fewer visitors gather on the last day of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair. 15 March 2026. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Ekushey Book Fair wraps up with scant footfall, publishers disappointed