Explainer

Explainer

In the last few decades, the haphazard construction of concrete buildings has destroyed the skyline of Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar

How will Rajuk’s proposed fee hikes impact building costs in Dhaka?

Under the draft Construction Rules 2025, almost every step of the approval process becomes costlier.

National Guard members stand in a cordoned-off area after two National Guard members were reportedly shot near the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

What we know about the suspect in the DC National Guard attack

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How did the NPL crisis become this severe?

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

How do Pakistan and Taliban Afghan militaries stack up as tensions flare?

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Do recent earthquakes pose any risk to Bangladesh’s mineral resource extraction?

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Concerned about Google and your data? 3 settings to disable right now

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Understanding how tremors are measured: What scientists mean by a 5.7 or 3.7 earthquake

Piles of wood are seen during "Operation Green Wave" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, July 27, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

What the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon delivered for forests and Indigenous people

ICB's debt trap: How a profitable firm sank into losses

ICB's debt trap: How a profitable firm sank into losses

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Why Bangladeshis aren't seeing cheaper rice and wheat despite global price drops

Trump and Mamdani speak to members of the media as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 21 November, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How Trump and Mamdani avoided the political minefield questions

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Why BTRC plans to block unregistered phones

FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F Calvert

What happens now that US Justice Department must release the Epstein files?