One Conjoined twin dies after separation
A sister is taking care Bonya at neo-natal Intensive Care Unit who is one of survivor after a critical operation. Borsha and Bonya conjoined twins sister separated seven-hour long surgical operation at the BSMMU (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) hospital while Borsha is died on 7 August at the hospital about seven and half hour operation. Six teams of 68 members including over 40 doctors took part in the surgery to separation the twins. The twins were conjoined at their livers, intestines and gallbladders, chest bones and abdomen. Twins babies were born at Rabeya Clinic in Gaibanda on March 24 this year. Their mother Shahanaz Begum, nurse and father Golam Kibria, school teacher in Gaibanda district. In Bangladesh survivals of conjoined twins is very rear.  5 August Dhaka 2008 Bangladesh. ©Monirul Alam  

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Be on fire alive old Dhaka
The fire bust out around 12.30am from a shoe factory on the ground floor. At lest 10 people including women and children, were burned alive and over 20 others were injured when a fire divested a five-storey building in old Dhaka early today (4 august 08). Witnesses said the fire extensively damaged the bottom four floors of the building.. 4 August 2008 Old Dhaka  Bangladesh. ©Monirul Alam

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Rotten Fruit

 A street children Joya and Rajib collect rotten fruit from polluating water the Bank of Buriganga River. According to labor and employment ministry, there are around 74 lakh child labors in the country and 14 lakh of them are engaged in hazardous jobs. 2008 Dhaka, Bangladesh ©Monirul Alam  

Burn Effigy
A group of Dhaka University student’s burn effigy of Jamaat leader Golam Azam after carrying out a mock trial of war criminals near Aparajeyo on Dhaka University campus.30 July 2008. Dhaka, Bangladesh ©Monirul Alam

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Daily life

Villager Seraj Meya lap his little child name Monu Meya is going to be bath and said that  recent food and oil price is very high, it is very much difficult to manage his household. Munshigonj, Bangladesh. 06 July 2008. © Monirul Alam   

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Dark Cloud on the Horizon
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. Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2 February 2008. © Monirul Alam

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Daily Life
Kerosene vendor push his two wheel van rainy day in the Dhaka city. Recently the caretaker government increase prices of petroleum products for the second time during its term, 15 months into the last hike.  The new price of kerosene is Tk 55 a litre about 37.5 percent or 15 Tk more than their earlier price of Tk. 40 a litre. A rural people mostly use kerosene as a fuel.16 July 2008 Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Monirul Alam  

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Migrant Labor

 Labor is using tube well for drinking water at river Turag on the outskirts of the capital. Thousands of labors from northern part of the country migrate to Dhaka to work as day labors. They are forced to move here for 3- 6 months because there is no work for them in their native villages. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka Bangladesh 21 January 2007 © Monirul Alam  

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