Turn Human Sea | Eid Journey in Bangladesh

September 1, 2011September 2, 2011 ডাইরি1 Comment

Thousand of Bangladeshi people along with mass garment workers are leaving from the capital of Dhaka, on Tuesday. They are going to their home town is in celebrating Eid-ul-Fitar. Eid-ul-Fitar is the largest Muslim’s religious festival. After the whole month of fasting in Ramadan the Muslim’s around the world will be celebrate their religious festival.

A number of home bound people are waiting in a airport railway station for train. But the train is not to come on time, because of rush schedule and mismanagement said a passenger Ahmed, who are waiting for train, he around on the station an one and half hour’s for waiting Rangpure Express.

When the train arrives is in station, it’s already overcrowded look like a human sea. Within a few minutes people rush on the train and agitate each other when they ride on the train roof. A garments worker, Shafali Bagum said, we are straggling on the way of our risky journey, but we are finally happy to go to our home and celebrate Eid-ul-Fitar with our loved ones.” Reports, monirul alam, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 30 September 2011.

Leave Dhaka | Eid-ul-Fitr

August 30, 2011September 1, 2011 ডাইরি3 Comments

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Bangladeshi Muslims overcrowd a train as others wait their turn for transport to head home ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 20 August. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. August 2011.© Monirul Alam

Thousand of Bangladeshi people move from Dhaka by train, bas and launch for celebration the Eid-ul-Fitr with their relatives who live in village. The Eid-ul Fitar is a muslims largest religious festival in Bangladesh. After a month-long fasting, Muslims sought divine blessings, peace, progress and prosperity in Eid congregations across the country.

EID TRAVEL | Dhaka

November 16, 2010November 16, 2010 ডাইরিLeave a comment

Dhaka city is now like turning human sea home bound people madly rush on the bus,train and launch station for celebrating country’s second biggest religious festival Eid-Ul-Azha. Number of cattle market occupied on the main road traffic system is already collapse but people not to stop just moving and moving. I think they are determined to go to their village and celebrate Eid with their loved ones.

DNF_06 — Tongi Station. November 2010. Hundreds of homebound passenger crowd the roofs of train risking their lives to meet their kins and share the joy of Eid festivity.Copy Right:Monirul Alam

We just wait at Tongi rail station to take photos for our news coverage. I look around on the station number of people is waiting for train. The commuter train will be come from Dhaka station and go to other district. I see a few of garments worker just sitting on the station, I talked with them, Salma Begum said, The train was supposed to be here at 4.30 pm, now it’s 6.20 pm but not to arrive we just waiting hour and hour’s but we are happy to go to my house, like Salma thousand of train passengers waited for long time.

When the train is arrive on the station I just look, it is already full of passenger inside and roof of the train while I see Salma just left her shoes and thrown the train roofs and than she climbs up on the train roofs, I think it is risking journey for her but Salma is smiling me and say good bye bhaiya Eid Mubarak. I took many pictures of Salma and her friends. Within a few minutes the train is left from the station at the same time I leave on the station and started my motor bike to returning my office news editor have been waiting for my picture . . .

16 November, 2010 Dhaka, Tuesday