Woman working at field

Besides taking care of household work like washing, cooking, raising children; women also work on the family crop lands.

They spend large part of the day taking care of cattle, poultry,  kitchen gardening.

Women are also hired as daily labourers and spend on an average, more than six hours a day on such work.

One year back

Before the Barobaria river got poisoned by factory waste, last winter Erling is crossing the river through a bamboo bridge in an afternoon walk.

Now the condition of this river water is dark brown, stinks and worse than any one can imagine.

Factory waste contd.

Here, a newly established ready made garment factory in the neighborhood surely brought significant change in peoples life.
Besides, child labor and increased rate of school drop out these kind of unplanned industrialization are creating threat for the ecological balance and causing suffer to the whole community tremendously.

Seasonal fruit shops

Summer in Bangladesh is the best season for fruit lovers.

Katigram Market place is the best place for those who want to buy or sale seasonal fruits.

Villagers harvest their fruits and bring it in the daily market which is in the early hour of the day or at haat [the weekly market] on Wednesday.

Besides fruits, this market is very popular for vegetables, fish, milk, rice and other daily consumptions.

Grass hunt

On the middle of the rice fields

The narrow paths full of grass

On a autumn afternoon in-between play  job for kids

The mission for the food of loving cattles

Accompanied by the bag and a sickle/ kastey under arm.

[Kastey; special kind of new moon shaped knife for cutting grass]

Ramzan ali

harvest work

jute job

Fisherman and his fishes

A fish vendor at his shop.

Early in the morning, Koitta market place remains crowdy and busy with the local fisherman.

Fisherman collects and sales fish from own or leased pond,  canals, streams and rivers from the neighbouring area.

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