2020

Economist Zahid Hussain. Illustration: TBS
Analysis

Hoping for a roaring 20s

2020 was a transformative year for the health and well-being of the globe in ways that most would remember as a never-ending nightmare! The calendar year is ending with its legacies spilling over...

First confirmed record of Oriental Bay Owl appeared from Bangladesh in 2020. Photo: Chris Burney/eBird
Earth

Wildlife discoveries in 2020: A narrative on Bangladesh

Greece is a perfect case study of the third truth revealed this year: Solvency is a political decision. Angelos Tzortzinis. Photo: Project Syndicate/ Getty images
Thoughts

The seven secrets of 2020

Indian startups raised $9.3 billion in 2020, showing a downfall than previous years
Tech

Indian startups raised $9.3 billion in 2020, showing a downfall than previous years

Pankaj Mishra. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

2020 should teach these democracies humility

Who were on the top of Google searches in 2020?
World+Biz

Who were on the top of Google searches in 2020?

Flood has caused havoc in Southeast Asia. Photo :Reuters
Environment

World pays high price for extreme weather in 2020

Maybe they had the right idea. Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Panorama

The silver lining of 2020*

Big Tech may face a reckoning in 2021, and in more ways than one. Photographer: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images/Bloomberg
Analysis

How can tech giants top a year like 2020? They can't

Sumner Redstone, Whitney MacMillan and Joseph Safra: three of the 16 billionaires who died in 2020. Photo: Forbes
World+Biz

16 billionaires who died in 2020

Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

The Global Pandemic: A Year in Photos

Eminent personalities we lost in 2020
Bangladesh

Eminent personalities we lost in 2020

According to WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, there is a one-in-five chance that the average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2024.
Climate Change

2020 closes ‘hottest’ decade on record