Selena Parvin lives near mangrove forest Sundarban with her mother and only son. She helps elderly, children and women during cyclone, flood and in any emergency. During one of the cyclones, she carried pregnant women on her back and swim towards cyclone shelter. She said, "We are living in danger all the time. Women has no help. Pregnant women, elderly woman and children are vulnerable when flood hits. I want to help my people. We are already vulnerable and lost houses, land and belongings in the past. We need to support each other to live and survive here". Shamnagar, Shatkhira, Bangladesh
Ahsan H. Mansur, governor of Bangladesh Bank, speaks during an interview at Bangladesh Bank, in Dhaka, on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Photographer: Fabeha Monir/Bloomberg Dhaka Bangladesh
Sahida Begum a 32-years old textile worker who makes clothes for german brands is living in one bedroom slum house with her two daughters and husband. Tongi, Bangladesh Bangladesh
Portrait of Nurun Nahar. Nahar is an ActionAid Bangladesh staff member and she runs Action Aid's Acid Survivors Network. The network provides support for acid attack survivors across the country.
Nahar is an acid attack survivor herself, and she was the driving force behind setting
up the network. Dhaka, Bangladesh
23 years old Samsun Nahar has been living in the Rohingya camp for seven years now. Three of her children are born in the camp. Nahar is one of the project participants of Mukti, Oxfam’s partner organization, who is cultivating vegetables within the limited space of her shelter’s yard. Her children are getting nutrition from the vegetables she is growing. Since the aid has been reduced in the camp, Nahar finds it very hard to provide for her children and worry for the future of her children. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Koruna Rani Sarkar is entering in Sundarban for honey collection with her team. She is also one of the project participant of Bearking The Silence, Oxfam's partner organization in Satkhira. Satkhira, Bangladesh Bangladesh