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Daily Life of Bangladesh

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After the long Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, people are returning on April 6, 2025 to Dhaka from Jamalpur and Mymensingh District on overcrowded trains, taking risks by traveling on rooftops to rejoin work. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Crowds of people ride precariously on the roofs of an overcrowded train returning to Dhaka from Jamalpur and Mymensingh on April 6, 2025. The passengers, returning to work after the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, resorted to the dangerous practice due to a severe lack of space inside.(Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Students participate in a demonstration during a march in Dhaka on April 7, 2025, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

Thousands of passengers crowd onto a train, with every available space—including the roof—occupied, as they rush home to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, on June 6, 2025.(Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

Workers stitch garments at a factory run by the Bangladesh based Urmi Group in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Photo: Mah byud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

A man carries a child through the bustling Sadarghat Ferry Terminal in Dhaka on June 5, 2025, as thousands begin their journey to celebrate Eid al-Adha with their families across Bangladesh.(Photo: Mah byud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

Amid the polluted, bluish waters of the Buriganga River at Sadarghat in Old Dhaka, boatmen navigate small wooden boats, ferrying passengers past hundreds of anchored boats on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A boatman navigates his small wooden boat through the polluted, bluish waters of the Buriganga River in Old Dhaka on April 8, 2025, ferrying passengers past hundreds of anchored vessels.(Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A Hindu devotee looks on after applying paint to his body to celebrate the Lal Kach festival in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, on April 13, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee, his body adorned with paint, observes the celebrations of the Lal Kach festival in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, on April 13, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Giant bamboo cones, used to protect rice from overnight moisture during its drying process, in the Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh in the second decade of April 2025. (Photo by Bipul Ahmed/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Giant conical structures made from bamboo protect drying rice from overnight moisture in a field in the Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh, mid-April 2025.(Photo by Bipul Ahmed/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Thousands of activists of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam denounce proposed recommendations for equal rights for Muslim women, at a protest rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (pHOTO BY Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

Thousands of activists from the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam rally in Dhaka on May 3, 2025, to protest proposed recommendations for equal rights for Muslim women.(ph0to BY Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

Protesters blocked a main road at the Shahabag area, demanding a ban on the ousted Sheikh Hasina's party, the Awami League, in Dhaka on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Protesters blocked a main road at the Shahabag area, demanding a ban on the ousted Sheikh Hasina’s party, the Awami League, in Dhaka on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Abu Sufian Jewel/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A cyclerickshaw puller takes shelter under the canopy of his vehicle during rainfall in Dhaka on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

A cycle rickshaw puller takes refuge from a downpour under the canopy of his vehicle on a street in Dhaka on May 14, 2025.(Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

A boy throws a polythene bag full of waste into Shuvadda Canal which is under the pile of plastic waste, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

A boy discards a bag of waste into the heavily polluted Shuvadda Canal, already choked with plastic debris, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Pedestrians react as storm blows dust into the air, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Pedestrians shield themselves from a sudden dust storm sweeping through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 26, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

People are silhouetted as they watch a bird while walking along the bank of Padma river in the afternoon, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Silhouetted figures walk along the bank of the Padma River at dusk, pausing to watch birds, in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, on May 27, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

A man carries a child at the Sadarghat Ferry Terminal to board a passenger ferry, as people leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid al-Adha with their families, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 5, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

A man carries a child through the bustling Sadarghat Ferry Terminal in Dhaka on June 5, 2025, as thousands begin their journey to celebrate Eid al-Adha with their families across Bangladesh.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Thousands of muslim devotees are seen piling onto trains today in a last-ditch effort to return home in time for Eid-ul-Azha this weekend. Trains with limited capacity are seen with travellers riding on top of the trains, not leaving any free space free as they pass thgrough Mymensingh, Bangladesh on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Abdullah Al Mahfuz/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Thousands of passengers crowd onto a train, with every available space—including the roof—occupied, as they rush home to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, on June 6, 2025.(Photo by Abdullah Al Mahfuz/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Bangladesh's police personnel use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators in Dhaka on June 22, 2025, during a protest by candidates of the 18th Non-Government Teachers' Registration Examination demanding a review of their viva results. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

Bangladeshi police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators in Dhaka on June 22, 2025. The protesters were candidates from the 18th Non-Government Teachers’ Registration Examination demanding a review of their viva voce results.(Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

Fishermen repair and weave specialized Pocket Nets for catching Hilsa fish on the banks of the Karnaphuli River in the city Chittagong, Bangladesh on June 30, 2025. Bangladeshi fishermen have been busy since June 11 after withdrawn of the government imposed a 58-day ban on hilsa breeding and protecting marine biodiversity. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Fishermen weave and repair specialized “Pocket Nets” used for catching Hilsa fish on the banks of the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong on June 30, 2025. The activity resumed after the government lifted a 58-day ban on fishing to protect Hilsa breeding and marine biodiversity.(Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Shiite Muslims participate in an Ashoura commemoration marking the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

Shiite Muslims participate in an Ashura procession in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 6, 2025, commemorating the 7th-century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.(Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

A rickshaw driver uses a polythene to protect his head during rain, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 8, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Rickshaw pullers navigate a flooded street in Dhaka during heavy monsoon rains on July 9, 2025. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms across the country.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Rickshaw pullers ride their rickshaws in a flooded street during a rainy day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 09 July 2025. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted rain or thunder showers in all divisions, including Dhaka. Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and strong over North Bay. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)

Rickshaw pullers ride their rickshaws in a flooded street during a rainy day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 09 July 2025. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted rain or thunder showers in all divisions, including Dhaka. Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and strong over North Bay. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)

People ride on a rickshaw along a street flooded due to heavy rain, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Passengers ride a rickshaw through a deeply flooded street following torrential monsoon rains in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 15, 2025.(Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

Julia Everson
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