The huge fire turned thousands of the lower-income slum residents at Chalantika area of Mirpur homeless and left nothing for them other than burnt valuables, and despair. The blaze rendered thousands of slum dwellers homeless. The dwellers just fled their homes with whatever they found at hand. More than 15,000 people were heavily affected and over 2,000 shanties of the slum were burnt in the fire. Many people were seen bursting into tears as their valuables were gutted in th

“I am in love with cricket. My idol is Shakib Al Hasan who is the number one all-rounder in the world. My dream is to play for Bangladesh,” said Shuvo, a schoolboy from Ershad Nagar slum area which is located at Tongi in Dhaka city. Shuvo is 12 years old and lives with his grandmother. His father is no longer in contact since he got married again and his mother is currently living in Jordan where she is working as a garment’s worker. His grandmother did not have enough money

Sushela, a 44-year-old housewife who lives at the Tildanga Union of Dacope, Khulna. Waking up before dawn every day, Sushela walks to a water plant about five kilometers away to collect fresh drinking water for her four-member family. She returns home at noon. Without this strenuous journey through an uneven path, there will be no water for cooking and drinking. “Though the walk itself takes two hours, I have to wait for more than two hours as the queue becomes so long to col

Ugpara is a small village located in the northern part of Bangladesh. Ugpara is under Gouripur sub-district of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. Surya Begum is a housewife and a mother of three children who lives in Ugpara. Surya has two daughters and one son. Her husband is a poor farmer. “My husband can’t afford the expenses of our family comprised of five members. Even he can’t afford the educational expenses of our children. I want to educate my children so they can get

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, has been celebrated across the country on August 12. Eid-ul-Azha is a festival commemorating Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son to obey Allah. However, his devotion is rewarded, as instead, Allah gave Ibrahim a lamb to sacrifice. In honor of this, Muslims may choose to sacrifice an animal such as a cow or goat as part of the festival. Muslims throughout Bangladesh have been celebrating Eid-ul-Azha in many