Participating Artists Press Agency
Wednesday 16th of October 2024 – page 1
Dhaka -
It’s amazing how resilient the people are that you meet on the street here in Bangladesh. They are living under conditions that many of us would not endure for more than a week. That these Bangladeshi are additionally friendly, polite and cheerful is really beyond understanding. But is ‘Happiness is from within’ for all the people here? Is it the same for both rich and poor? Or just for those here, so visible to anyone, the people living on the streets?
Lino Hellings –
Dhaka Lab
Dhaka -
To set up your shoe repair shop on less than a square meter in the middle of the sidewalk while pedestrians squeeze themselves past you, requires a high degree…
Lino Hellings –
Dhaka Lab
Dhaka -
There is no denying: big forces are at work in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nature - the climate which causes the flooding of the land. The enormous pollution of the factories…
Lino Hellings –
Dhaka Lab
A man-carrying wild parrots in the cage on the street for selling. Bird is seriously injured in the cage, Dhanmondi, Dhaka …
Tapash Paul –
Dhaka Lab
Most of the slums in Dhaka are surrounded by waters; they are standing on the bank of the rivers or lakes which reason the slum dwellers to have water…
Tapash Paul –
Dhaka Lab
A biker rides his motorbike thought the footpath full of pedestrians through the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court declared a regulation that no motorbike can go through footpath…
Adnan Wahid –
Dhaka Lab
A woman haggles over the price of lipstick and other cosmetics. She is prepared to pay 15 Taka (around 15 euro cents) for the lot, but the seller wants 25…
Shahidul Alam –
Migrationpapa
Young man carrying a ceiling fan on his shoulder in the street, Dhaka, Bangladesh …
Tapash Paul –
Dhaka Lab
Through photography I have met countless people. Most of them are ultra-poor, they live hand to mouth. They become dark, harsh. But what amazes me is the honest smile…
Haque Habibul –
Dhaka Lab
The Dhakai Bakarkhani is
a traditional food of the people of old Dhaka. It was so famous for its quality
and taste that there was great demand for it in…
Abdus Sabur –
Dhaka Lab
This is not a storage of any chemical damps . Its a water canal or water pass in the town . Its smell like a poison, eys are always burning here. Slum…
Arifur Rahman –
Dhaka Lab
Dhaka Bangladesh â€Beri Band†the embankment around Dhaka city, where a lot of migrants from the villages end up staying. Once preparing meat is over, time to catch up with…
Shahidul Alam –
Migrationpapa
Two chairs! They both serve the same but say different stories. They are the stories about origin, colour, treatment, social class etc.One is candy blue, another one is brown…
Adnan Wahid –
Dhaka Lab
At twelve o’clock school finishes. Last night I had a long talk with an Italian business man in my guesthouse. He is working for a firm that develops chemicals…
Lino Hellings –
Dhaka Lab
About 3.4 million people live in some 5000 slums of Dhaka city. Life for the slum people is full of miseries and sufferings. Slums growth have accelerated due to…
Abdus Sabur –
Dhaka Lab
One man is reading a magazine in front of blue wall on the street, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. …
Tapash Paul –
Dhaka Lab
Cows are seen commonly in the streets of Rayerbazar area in Dhaka. People living in this place are mainly in lower-middle class and they do other work than their main…
Adnan Wahid –
Dhaka Lab
I was not surprised at all when I have found a boy under 16 age is working in a restaurant as a waiter instead studying at schools, but if you…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. –
Dhaka Lab
Fried chicken is getting cheap in some cities of Bangladesh. Like this restaurant, many fried chicken restaurant are growing up with all the western names. They named this restaurant…
Haque Habibul –
Dhaka Lab
Yet another barber shop. I was intrigued by the fact that this doubled as the place where the barber reared his homing pigeons. There were several houses and the pigeons…
Shahidul Alam –
Migrationpapa
Most of the people living in Dhaka face scarcity of water at least once in a day, the water that is safe to use for drinking or cleaning. In…
Tapash Paul –
Dhaka Lab
Its a common scenario in urban areas of Bangladesh. There was no parking facility in most of the school and when its turn off, than a huge traffic congestion was…
Abdus Sabur –
Dhaka Lab
The children in the urban city are forced to join workforce for their survival instead of going to school. The primary school drop outs picked up working in the bakeries…
Sumana Tanchangya –
Dhaka Lab