Mother's Weep
India is more interested in Hilsa fish than in resolving the issue of border killings. Jayanta’s mother could not see her son’s face for the last time, as the BSF returned the body at midnight. Jayanta Kumar Singh, 15-year-old, a schoolboy...
India has returned the body of 15-year-old Jayanta Kumar Singh, a schoolboy killed by Border Security Force (BSF) firing at the Kantivita border in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, Although BSF said to return it several times throughout the day, finally returned the body after 48 hours after 1...
A defiant father
Swarna’s father, Parendra Das, was devastated by the loss of his daughter.Thirteen-year-old Swarna Das, from Kalnigarh village in Westjuri union, was a student in eighth grade at Nirod Bihari High School in the upazila. She was shot and killed...
On 25 August 2017, some 700,000 Rohingya men, women and children were forced to flee Myanmar and seek protection in Bangladesh, joining those who had fled in previous years.While doing photo documentation of the Rohingya people, I encountered many stories, with Azizur’s being particularly...
A performance artist was playing with children during the demonstration against violence and mass killings on Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka on August 2, 2024.
A performance artist was playing with children during the demonstration against violence and mass killings on Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka on August 2, 2024.
Ahad, aged 4, who was shot in the eye, was carried by his father to the emergency gate of Dhaka Medical Hospital on July 19, 2024. On that day, while I was taking photos of the protest in the Paltan area, I found out that my former colleague, AR Sumon a photojournalist, had been injured in...
A man with flower
8 years ago on this day, there was a brutal militant attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery. As a photojournalist, I was an eyewitness to the incident and was there till the end of the rescue operation. This bakery was opened in memory of all those...
Liton's mother
Liton’s mother is still crying, unsure if her son is involved in the cow smuggling ring. However, she was certain that her son would get married after Eid. Liton was shot dead by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Durgapur...