Ashraful Haque

Senior Feature Writer

A day in Tulsipur, the capital of horse trading
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A day in Tulsipur, the capital of horse trading

British empire in 1886. Britain's rise for 200 years was financed mostly by its depredations in India. Painting: Walter Crane
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The colonial legacy of underdevelopment and the question of reparation

US and Europe have seen massive protests as Israel kept levelling Gaza to the ground, killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Photo: Reuters
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Recognition of the State of Palestine: Is people power finally nudging Europe in the right direction?

Deforestation and land erosion have resulted in reduced flow of the Sangu River, which is making lives even harder for people living in the river basin. PHOTO: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
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Vanishing forests, receding waters and impending disaster in the Sangu river basin

Bioplastic films are coming out as final products after multistep processing of cotton-dust cellulose. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
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Compostable packaging is made locally. Why is plastic still everywhere?

Forest department is helpless against encroachers, poachers and loggers. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
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Crushed to death: How equipped and prepared are our foresters?

These temporary 'villages,' typically comprising a few bamboo houses, are erected solely for the dry season, dismantled preemptively before the onset of monsoon floods. Photo: Masud Al Mamun
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The strange mobile villages of haor

At least five groups of herders came to the haors this year, with a total of 1,200 buffalos. The largest one had 350 buffalos in the herd. Photo: Rezaul Hoque Rumi
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The migrant buffalos of haor

Karl Marx. Sketch: TBS
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Why Marx continues to live on 141 years after his death

An abandoned stone quarry in Companiganj beside the no man's land between the India-Bangladesh border. This trail is one of many used for the illegal sugar trade. Photo: Ashraful Haque
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At the Indo-Bangla border, sugar is the new cattle

With impressive fire safety arrangements, the Sony Square building seems to be safer than other buildings with multiple restaurants in Mirpur, and also than many others in the whole city. PHOTO: MEHEDI HASAN
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Fire safety in Mirpur eatery hubs: Better, with room for improvement

A traditional 100-litre earthen storage next to BRAC’s 2,000-litre rainwater harvesting system. Photo: Ashraful Haque
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The 'small' problem of setting up big drinking water projects

According to reports, although several companies in the country manufacture tyres, about 90% of the annual market demand for more than 25 lakh tyres is met by imports. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
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Bangladesh is now making cars. What about car tyres?