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Starting with four riders, the network grew to around 70 within four months, though about 30 are currently active. Photo: Courtesy

Maya Ride: Ride-sharing for women, by women

Dhaka already has established ride-sharing services such as Uber and Pathao. Yet, Maya Ride is becoming popular for the sense of safety and comfort women feel when riding with a female driver

Bangladesh’s property law amendment puts lifetime security on the deed

Bangladesh’s property law amendment puts lifetime security on the deed

The slow death of Ghaghat: Blocked at source, choked in the city 

The slow death of Ghaghat: Blocked at source, choked in the city 

Rejected garments and used denim can be transformed into fashionable, functional products, offering a potentially profitable and more sustainable business model. Photo: Baah

How old jeans find new life in upcycled denim accessories

Beneath the park lies a place layered with memory: an Armenian club, a colonial gathering ground, a site of execution, a centre of resistance and, finally, a public park. Picture taken in 1967. Photo: Collected

Bahadur Shah Park: A living archive of Dhaka’s colonial past

More than 60 lakh battery-run autorickshaws operate across Bangladesh, including 10–12 lakh in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Why every government fails to regulate battery-run autorickshaws

A terrifying highway manoeuvre, locally known as ‘bauli deya’ is the latest of the bus lover community’s many absurd obsessions. Photo: Collected

How bus spotting turned into the fetishisation of reckless driving

Top candidate of AfD, Ulrich Siegmund, with party co leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, reacts after polls closed, on the day of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, in Magdeburg, Germany, 6 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

Voters in Germany fire a warning shot over Europe

Supporters of creating more provinces say Pakistan’s four existing provinces have become too large and centralised. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan: Can creating new provinces fix governance?

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'Healthcare will soon emerge from 17 years of darkness'

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 31 August 2026. Photo: REUTERS

In the Strait of Hormuz, a conflict sustained by making others pay the price. For now

Despite terrible memories of death during the war, including that of her brother, Huda Khayti now often returns to her hometown of Douma. Photo: DW

Why many Syrians feel Assad death sentence isn't enough

A mother breaks down as she speaks about her child, missing for 34 days. Photos: Mehedi Hasan

For families of Bangladesh's 2,000 missing children, the wait feels forever