Ashraful Haque

Senior Feature Writer

A healthy tiger population depends on several factors. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

Has the tiger population increased in the Sundarbans?

In coastal districts like Patuakhali and Khulna, farmers are finding hope in sunflower cultivation as an alternative crop. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

How prepared is Bangladesh's agriculture sector to face climate change?

Burnt vehicles left in the middle of one of the city’s major avenues give a feeling of a movie set in a war zone. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Thoughts

As relative calm returns, city's scars linger

Tree for Mankind distributes plants to school children with the hope of turning them into agents of a greener future. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Do we follow up after we plant trees?

Only in the last week of June, the much-anticipated monsoon rain arrived in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

How excessive air pollution is impacting Dhaka’s rainfall pattern

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Why so many scams originate in Nigeria

When first planted, Napier takes two months to grow up to five feet. Thereafter the grass can be harvested every month. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Plants that feed our food: Napier taking over farmland to support livestock boom

Putin’s visit to DPRK, has raised concerns among Western powers about the potential for increased military cooperation between Russia and North Korea. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Putin's visit to North Korea and Vietnam: A cold political outlook in a warming globe

From rawhide to finished products: The self-sufficiency of Bangladesh’s leather industry
Magazine

From rawhide to finished products: The self-sufficiency of Bangladesh’s leather industry

The thread work may take several weeks or months depending on the details of the design, as well as on how many people are working on that kantha at a time. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

The exquisite Nakshi Kantha industry of Jamalpur

Rivers around Dhaka receive all kinds of pollutants. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Officially too late? Textile industry polluting water with 'Forever Chemicals'

An area clear-felled for tobacco cultivation on the bank of the river Sangu in Bandarban. The chemicals used in tobacco farming also pollute the creeks – the main source of drinking water for hill communities. Photo: Syed Zakir Hussain
Panorama

How tobacco farming is speeding up deforestation in the hills

Tulsipur horse market in photos
In Focus

Tulsipur horse market in photos