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"I was Pakistani, but my children are Bangladeshi by birth. I pass my whole life without it,...

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"I was born again in a new identity, alas! only a card change it, it's not my feeling."...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2009

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Bangladesh has a humid, warm, tropical climate. Its climate is influenced primarily by monsoon and...

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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2008

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Man and machine unites working day and night, to spin the life circle of the industry. Though there...

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Uploaded on Jul 13, 2008

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Shapna (age 13) works as a stone collector. Sometime she does not work because of her...

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Uncontrolled stone-crushing at Jaflong, is posing a serious threat to environment, public health and...

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Alya Begum, a stone crasher and mother of two children could not go to work because of illness. But...

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Rajia Begum (age 48) is a stone worker. She is on her midday break, using the time to get some rest before she starts again.

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Sufia Khatun (age 43) is working at a stone crasher machine, putting large stones into it. Sometimes...

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Stone collector Abu Bakkar bathing at the bank of Piyain river after finishing his work.

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The landscape is dry during the winter season at Piyain River, where uncontrolled stone extraction activity has been going on for a couple of decades.

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Babul (age 32), Faruk (age 35), Manik (age 29) and Joinal (age 31) are loading a truck with broken...

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Kalam Ali (age 26) has been working at a stone crushing machine for last 4 years. He knows there are...

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A stone collector building a mosque with bamboo and a bundle of corrugated tin, donated by generous people.

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Women from Hindu community grinding rice for making cakes on Paus Shankranti festival at the end of...

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Stone collectors washing stones in Piyain river in Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh. More than 2000 men,...

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Abbas Ali, Mohammad Shah Alam, Saifur Rahman, Liakot Ali are working as stone collectors here at...

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Probad Das (age 67) and Priti Rani Das (age 39) are couple working together as stone laborers. They...

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Alfaj Hossain is a stone collector living in Banglabazar, two and a half kilometers from Jaflong. He...

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This industry is harmful to the environment; it is harmful for the health of workers, creates air...

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Uploaded on Jul 13, 2008

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