Sadiqur Rahman | The Business Standard

At present, 80% of the umbrella market is dominated by Chinese products. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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The canopy of change: How Chinese umbrellas drove out Bangla Chhatas

Illustration: TBS

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‘High logistics cost weakens Bangladesh’s competitiveness’

Shubhash and others like him found employment at a matka factory, located in Mymensingh district’s Haluaghat upazila. Photo: Mumit M

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How matkas were saved from extinction thanks to the dried fish industry

Badrul Imam. Illustration: TBS

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‘Exploiting gas from workover wells can reduce dependency on spot LNG’

Photos: Noor-a-Alam

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How mosques and markets created an illegal marketplace for jammers, boosters

Syeda Rizwana Hasan. TBS Sketch

Interviews

‘Why don’t the police have sensitivity towards environmental conservation?’

Illustration: TBS

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Our farmlands are disappearing fast. Compact housing can be a solution

Livelihood of around 20,000 people is directly or indirectly dependent on the Sheri Para furniture hub. Photo: Mumit M

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Sheri Para: The country’s largest furniture hub born out of social forestry and the 1988 floods

As a result of rapid climate change, flash floods and rising sea levels have been increasingly affecting the country. Photo: Mumit M

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‘Adaptation plan should consider the changing social affairs and production system’

Is the stone crushing job an opportunity for women? Perhaps, yes, but they do this work as the region they live in offers few other alternative earning sources for women. Photo: Mumit M

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How impoverished women keep the Nakugaon Port alive

During the dry season when the water level recedes, the workers collectively extract more than a 100 tonnes of coal each day. Photo: Mumit M

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Standing in the shallow waters of Someshwari, these miners find coal

Madhu Sudan Malo. Sketch: TBS

Features

A Bangladeshi doctor and his theory to prevent diabetes

Dr Saleh Uddin Ahmed. Illustration: TBS

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‘There is no need for businessmen to own or run the banks’