বাতাসে মৃত্যুর ফিসফিস শব্দ পাই . . .

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টাম্পাকো—কারখানার অন্ধকার গহবরে

আজ মৃত্যুর ফিসফিস শব্দ শোনা যায়—অতপর

হুইসেল বাজিয়ে ট্রেন আসে—আবার ফিরেও যায় ;

টাম্পাকো—আজ এক অশরীর ভাস্কর্য ; 

এক মৃত্যুপুরী আজ . . . 

সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৬

টঙ্গী , গাজীপুর 

প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে খোলা চিঠি । জাতীয় কমিটি

ছবি:মনিরুল আলম
ছবি:মনিরুল আলম

 

রামপাল কয়লাভিত্তিক বিদ্যুৎ প্রকল্পসহ ‘দেশবিরোধী’ সব চুক্তি বাতিলের দাবিতে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কার্যালয় অভিমুখে তেল-গ্যাস-খনিজ সম্পদ ও বিদ্যুৎ-বন্দর রক্ষা জাতীয় কমিটির পূর্বঘোষিত বিক্ষোভ মিছিল ছত্রভঙ্গ করে দেয়  পুলিশ। গত ২৮ তারিখে এই কর্মসূচিতে চলাকালে  পুলিশের সঙ্গে ধস্তাধস্তি ও কাঁদানে গ্যাসের শেলের আঘাতে অন্তত শতাধিক ব্যক্তি  এবং পথচারী আহত হয়েছেন বলে দাবি করেছেন জাতীয় কমিটির নেতারা। তাঁরা বলেন, এ সময় ছয়জন বিক্ষোভকারীকে আটক করা হয়েছে।

জাতীয় কমিটির আহ্বায়ক প্রকৌশলী শেখ মুহাম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহর সভাপতিত্বে অনুষ্ঠিত এই সমাবেশের শুরুতে  কমিটির সদস্যসচিব অধ্যাপক আনু মুহাম্মদ বলেন, ‘প্রধানমন্ত্রীর যদি দেশের প্রতি, দেশের জনগণের প্রতি বিন্দুমাত্র দায়বদ্ধতা থাকে, তাহলে তাঁকে অনুরোধ করব, তিনি যেন সুন্দরবন-বিনাশী এই প্রকল্প বাতিল করেন।’ এ সময় তিনি প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে উদ্দেশ করে লেখা একটি খোলাচিঠি পাঠ করেন।

২৯ জুলাই , ২০১৬

ঢাকা,বাংলাদেশ

নোট:  একটি ক্রস মিডিয়া জার্নালিজম পরিকল্পনা ।

 

Harvesting time in Bangladesh . . . 

Hijulia, Manikgonj, Bangladesh- A group of Bangladeshi farmers processes paddy at the village of Hijulia, Manikgonj, Bangladesh on 28 May, 2016. The government of Bangladesh fixed the prices at Tk 23 and Tk 32 per kilogram of paddy and rice respectively, while the rate of per kg of wheat is set at Tk 20. A plurality of Bangladeshis earn their living from agriculture. Although rice and jute are the primary crops, wheat is assuming greater importance. Photo: Monirul Alam

Life Under Democracy. . . 

Life Under Democracy May, 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh © Monirul Alam

Life Under Democracy. . .

Life Under Democracy May, 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh © Monirul Alam

Water transport strike in Bangladesh . . . 

 

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Reportage @ 22 April, 2016 People still suffering water transport workers strike in Bangladesh. An old age women sit on the wheel chair and leave from the launch terminal to other way. River transport workers enforced an indefinite strike to press hone their 15-point demand, including pay hike. © Monirul Alam

Hindu folk festival | Charak Puja 

 

A devotee sways hanging from a bamboo pole, a ritual performed during Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka on 13 April, 2016 . It is a festival of penance dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. © Monirul Alam
 
Charak Puja also known as Nil Puja is a Hindu folk festival held in southern Banhladesh and West Bengal on the last day of the month of Chaitra in Bengali calender called Choitro. 

People believe that the festival will carry prosperity by eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year. The festival is actually a festival to satisfy Load Shiva, the great Debadideb of Hindu Religion. Though the festival takes place on the mid night of Chaitra Songkranti, the preparation phase usually starts before one month of the day. In Bangladesh, it is frequently found to take place at Thakurgaon, Patuakkhali,Gazipur, Dhaka and other district in villages and cities.  

Though the festival takes place on the mid night of Chaitra Songkranti, the preparation phase usually starts before one month of the day. The arrangement team of the festival go from village to village to procure the necessary components like paddy, oil, sugar, salt, honey, money and other items with the arranged cosmetics such as Shiva, Parvati and Narod.On midnight of the Songkranti, the worshippers are gathered together to worship the God and after puja the or asad is distributed.

A devotee sways hanging from a bamboo pole, a ritual performed during Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka on 13 April, 2016 . It is a festival of penance dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. © Monirul Alam

 

A devotee sways hanging from a bamboo pole, a ritual performed during Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka on 13 April, 2016 . It is a festival of penance dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. © Monirul Alam
 
 
A devotee sways hanging from a bamboo pole, a ritual performed during Charak Puja festival on the last day of the Bengali calendar in Old Dhaka on 13 April, 2016 . It is a festival of penance dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. © Monirul Alam
 

Justices for Irfan . . . 

 

Drik Picture Library and Pathshala students form a human chain at the base of Raju memorial on Dhaka University campus with their camera wrapped in black cloth and protest murder of its official and Photograpger Mohammad Irfanul Islam on 09 April, 2016. He was found dead in the bushes based Dhaka-Narayanganj on April 2, hours after going missing from the capitals Dhanmondi. © Monirul Alam
 
 
Drik Picture Library and Pathshala students form a human chain at the base of Raju memorial on Dhaka University campus with their camera wrapped in black cloth and protest murder of its official and Photograpger Mohammad Irfanul Islam on 09 April, 2016. He was found dead in the bushes based Dhaka-Narayanganj on April 2, hours after going missing from the capitals Dhanmondi. © Monirul Alam
 

Drik Picture Library and Pathshala students form a human chain at the base of Raju memorial on Dhaka University campus with their camera wrapped in black cloth and protest murder of its official and Photograpger Mohammad Irfanul Islam on 09 April, 2016. He was found dead in the bushes based Dhaka-Narayanganj on April 2, hours after going missing from the capitals Dhanmondi. © Monirul Alam

Protest Against Rape and  Murder . . .

Artist of Prachyanat stage a street drama, A cultural organization Bangladesh Udichi Shilpagoshthi organsed a cultural protest rally in city at Shahbag on 05 April, 2016, Dhaka , Bangladesh. The organization protest and demanding legal proceedings over the murder and rape of Comilla College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, the secound year history student of Comilla Victoria Government College was found dead in Comilla Cantonment area on the night of March 20, 2016. © Monirul Alam

Protest against rape . . . 

The panoramic form shown the Dhaka University Students demonstrating on the University campus as a part of daylight g strike demanding the immediate arrest and punishment of the killer’s of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, on 03 March, 2016. © Monirul Alam