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Nationwide Strike in Bangladesh

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© Monirul Alam
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I, As a visual journalist to coverage an HORTAL event, I had to seen people’s suffering, violence and human tragedies, People didn’t  want to see that tragedies –monirul alam

Dhaka Bangladesh- A bus contractor and passengers look through in the broken glass, picketer broke the glass at Topkhana road during the nationwide strike in Bangladesh on Thursday, Jan 31 2013.The Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to protest the prosecution. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangladesh as a nationwide strike called to protest war crimes trials brought much of the country to a halt. © Monirul Alam

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© Monirul Alam

Dhaka Bangladesh- A Bangladeshi hawker and others pedestrian cross the road near Sonargaon Hotel in the capital during the nationwide strike in Bangladesh on Thursday, Jan 31 2013.The Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to protest the prosecution. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangladesh as a nationwide strike called to protest war crimes trials brought much of the country to a halt. © Monirul Alam

Notes: In my HORTAL coverage day’s on 31 Jan, 2013. A bus driver and rickshaw puller make me puzzle, and I failed to present on time on the spot, finally I miss the decisive moment at Khilgaon near Taltola market in the capital –monirul alam

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Risky River Transport in Bangladesh

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 Southwest of Dhaka on the Padma River, Passengers ride on the speed boats wearing without life-jacket and to cross the Padma river between Madaripur to Munsigonj District’s  every day in people’s daily  life in Bangladesh. Home bound passenger like this service causes save their valuable time. But this speed boats trip is high risk special is in monsoon time.Dhaka September 2011. © Monirul Alam

EID TRAVEL | Dhaka

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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.

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