Farah Mahboob
Farah Mahboob is deputy manager at Social Innovation Lab in BRAC. She can be reached at fmahboobarc@gmail.com.
Dhaka: How a city was planned to drown
16 July 2026
Dhaka waterlogging is driven by colonial urban planning that deliberately destroyed historic Dhaka canals and wetlands.
16 July 2026
The champions Bangladesh keeps underfunding
3 July 2026
In July last year, 11 Bangladeshi women beat hosts Myanmar and became the lowest-ranked team in history to qualify for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
3 July 2026
The sachet trap: The hidden cost of mini packs
16 May 2026
The global shift towards micro-packaging, particularly in the emerging markets of the Global South, represents one of the most significant transformations in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) distribution history.
16 May 2026
In Focus / Rose Garden: A history of passion and pride
19 April 2026
At K.M. Das Lane in Tikatuli, Old Dhaka, lies a majestic mansion called “Rose Garden”. Interestingly, it was built by one of the prominent zamindars of Dhaka, Hrishikesh Das, to host parties.
19 April 2026
Trails of Khan Jahan Ali
25 August 2019
The history and the political landscape of Bengal have been greatly determined by its geographical position, like that of many other countries of the world.
25 August 2019
West meets East
23 June 2019
On June 3, 2019, the world of architecture lost one of its greatest designers and theorists, Stanley Tigerman. It is difficult to label the celebrated architect as a modernist or an early postmodernist; his works were wonderful fusion of modernism, technology, playfulness and pragmatic inventions.
23 June 2019