We want justice without any delay. There is no mercy for such brutality . . .
-Victim’s Family Member
Dhaka, 2009 March- A Officers unable to hold tears the last funeral-Copy Right-Monirul Alam
One year has passed since the heinous massacre of 74 persons including 57 top and mid-ranking army offices. The horrifying memory of the incident is still fresh in the mind of the nation. Family members of the victims of February 25-26 BDR carnage want justice since it is the only thing at present than can their broken souls. (Daily Star 25, 2010)
Dhaka, BDR Headquarters 2009 Feb- The rebel BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) soldiers take position with heavy gun in front of BDR Headquarters in Dhaka. During their blockade of Pilkhana-Copy Right-Monirul Alam
A number of committed soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) rebelled against their officers on February 25/2009. The mutiny broke out during an open meeting, of the BDR director general, Major General Shakil Ahmed. The occasion was scheduled as part of the BDR Week observance at the border guards’ headquarters at Pilkhana in the heart of Dhaka. As it has transpired from testimonies of surviving officers, the rebellion began with execution of army officers attending the meeting. During their blockade of Pilkhana, 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed. The mayhem that went on for about those 33 hours left the entire nation in shock.
Amar Ekushey, also the International Mother Language Day, was observed with solemnity and in the most befitting manner across the country paying glowing tributes to the language movement martyrs.
Dhaka 21 February 2010- Shaheed Minar-Copy Right-Monirul Alam
Dhaka 21 February 2010- Shaheed Minar-Copy Right-Monirul Alam
No one can help me, so I don’t have any other way except begging. I leave on the street and everyday earn taka 30/40. I am also taking drugs for frustrating my life hood.
-Zahid, a street bagger & drug user
A lame man is walking on the street at night. His name is Zahid who lost his left leg by suffering typhoid since his childhoods he said, after years he came to Dhaka from his village Bagura north part of Bangladesh and start begging for surviving. He said no one can help me, so I don’t have any other way except begging. I leave on the street and everyday earn taka 30/40. I am also taking drugs for frustrating my life hood. Some time the police pick me up from the street and release outskirts of Dhaka. We suffer a lot but no one can help us for a good job or rehabilitations.
Many impede people living on the street. River erosion, tidal wave and other calamities are turning many village people on the breadline, forcing them to migrant to the capital with the hope of getting some work for a living. The disable people have way out begging.
Dhaka February 2010-Lame man is walking on the street-Copy Right-Monirul Alam
One of the world’s largest tiger populations could disappear by the end of this century as rising sea levels caused by climate change destroy their habitat along the coast of Bangladesh in an area known as the Sundarbans.
-Recent study of WWF
The Sundarbans is a UNESCO world heritage site spread across 3,700 square miles (9,583sq km) in Bangladesh and another 2,400 square in India- the Ganges river delta, across the border between India and Bangladesh. It is home to an estimated 440 Bengal tigers, according to a joint Indian and Bangladeshi survey done in 2004.
Since a Cyclone Sidr and Aila the conflict between tiger and human has risen to a new arena- highlighting the environmental threats to this unique habitat. Climate Change is simply double edged the problem. Frequently sea-depression, cyclone and storm-rushes, widespread riverbank erosion, salinity interruption, raised high tied and long-lasting summer has increased the vulnerability in alarming level. After nine month of cyclone Aila thousand of people settle down on the embankment and leaving inhuman life that lost their home and land which is flooded with seawater. Hunger people now enter the forest every day and regular facing tiger attack.
“We enter the Jangle for searching food and the tiger killed us . . . beside . . . the tiger came to our village we killed the tiger. The situation is endangered now. We need to be a good solution.”
-Abul Sarder, Villager who narrowly escape from the tiger attack
A wood-cutter was killed by a man-eating Bengal tiger in Bangladesh’s southern Sundarbans forest this month February 2010. The tiger killed Mabud 40, deep in the mangrove forest where collecting firewood in the area of char-shesher. Abul Sarder said, we five people enter the Jangle for collecting firewood suddenly the tiger attacked us- we narrowly escape but Mabud is not! We tried to safe him but failed from the tiger attack.
We back to village and come again more than hundred-twenty people with stick, hand through bomb and local weapon to snatch Mabud dead body from the tiger, at last we collect his body, but we afraid, may be the hunter could arrive our village for searching his hunt. He also said Mabud live in village Burigualini under the district of Satkhira. Abul Sarder also said we knew the dangers of the forest, but we couldn’t do anything else to survive. Because our embankments had collapsed three times within last two years, we are the worst victims by the climate change.
Since the 1980 to 2010 Tigers have killed 116 people and villager have killed 7 tiger within 11 years in the Sundarbans under the district of Satkhira according to forestry officials.
Sundarban,Satkhera February 2010-Villager enter the jungle for searching Mabud body-Copy Right Monirul Alam Sundarban,Satkhera February 2010-At last they found him and carrying very first to escape once more attack - Copy Right Monirul Alam Sundarban,Satkhera February 2010- Curious villager to see Mabud body- Copy Right Monirul Alam
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