“Dhaka”

Dhaka -  The corner shop sells pretty much anything you might need on a daily basis. It is also a tea shop. However, to do business you need more, so all the corner shops also have a TV running all day (while there is electricity). People who don’t own a TV (most in Sadek City Model Town) will buy a cup of tea and watch movies (from DVDs) for hours.
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

Dhaka -  A cow decides to take a leisurely walk along the road. Other traffic simply lets it be, and life goes on as normal.…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

Dhaka -  Although Bangladesh has been made significant progress in achieving MDG 2: Universal Primary Education for All by 2015, still significant number of children remain out of schools or dropped  …
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Due to poverty and demand of life, this girl became aged at earlier of youth. Her appears assume in suffering in malnutrition also in high depress. Though she fight against…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Person With Disability (PWD) are neglected and not mainstreaming at the decent employment always in Bangladesh . Thus create more vulnerability and dependency among the PWDs. They are very often missing…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

The many stalls with fresh fruits and vegetables add color to the street of Dhaka. And the taste is so much better then what I am used to eat at…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

There is no clear answer on what is the future of a young child who is growing in an urban slum where the essential services such as education, health, sanitation…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

This little girl insisted on being photographed and took on poses commonly associated with pin up girls. “She’s always poses in front of mobile cameras” says her dad.…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

There is saying by Buddha, “Happiness comes from within, so do not seek it without“. The family managed to get a shelter in the waterlogged slum. Perhaps they do…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

An electric pole placed in the middle of the channel. The channel is surrounded by toxic waste from tanneries, Mohammadpur Beribadh, Dhaka. …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

The heat, the humidity and the fertile soil make Bangladesh a livable country. Published 18 September 2014 by Sumana Tanchangya Filed under Dhaka Lab Dhaka Bangladesh …
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Used household appliances like Fridge , Television etc. are collected and repair at this shops. Self trained technicians are involved with this small enterprises . This repaired home appliances are consumed by…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Gas fire: Throughout Bangladesh is the ubiquitous tea stall selling sweet thick tea. This is where politics, love and the ways of the world are discussed. The fire under a…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

With a population of 130 million Bangladesh has around 19 million children of  primary school age (ages 6-10).  Almost half are girls.  Tremendous efforts in the past decade…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

The precision required in placing the fragile clay pots is difficult to gauge. Once each circle of pots is in position, the men tap the pots to hear for any…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

It is 13:20 when we return. The guard is still there. He keeps record of who is entering and who is leaving the building. We had a exciting walk. We…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

At this small office along the road with the never ending traffic jam you can register for driving lessons. You need to have nerves of steel, no scruples to push…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

More than half of slums inhabitants are children and number of girl children are more. Girl children of slums have extremly limited opportunities for a decnt lifestyle.They lack a…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

The two girls decided they would be art directors for the day and took me around. At one point we went to the local photo lab to get prints made…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

Many children are found in the city who runs small business . It is not creativity or voluntary efforts . They have to do it to feed or contribute to their family…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

It is strange to see fishes without any flies. It is common to have thousand of flies around fish vendors. There is a saying that there is no fly…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

“Beri Band” the embankment around Dhaka city, where a lot of migrants from the villages end up staying. The photograph of the two men might have sexual overtones in other…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

Children need to become productive at a very early age and take on many adult roles. Every member of the family, beyond a certain age has to work to keep…
Shahidul Alam – Migrationpapa

Rafique Uddin runs his little tea-shop in a slum that stands near the ‘Beribandh’, the embankment to protect the city of Dhaka from possible flood of the River Buriganga. Besides…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab