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This Mobile Quality School, a moving bus, is an initiative of the HOPE’87 (Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment) – an Austrian non-profit organisation to spread the light of knowledge among the under privileged children of the country. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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School on wheels for kids in need

There is a custom-fit footwear industry in Dhaka, much to the satisfaction of the shoe lovers. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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Admiring Dhaka’s custom-made shoes

Gopendranath Chakrabarty has been crafting different items with sola for 45 years now. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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Tale of a sola artisan

Law enforcers wrapping up a crime scene tape after an encounter in Barguna, Barisal. Photo: Mumit M

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Crossfire can be no solution

Colourful gamchhas put on display on the boundary wall of SoS children's village, Shymoli. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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Draped in gamchhas: Shyamoli walls inject new aesthetic, ensure livelihood

Group therapy is a relatively new inclusion into the arsenal of treatment of the psychiatric patients at NIMH. Photo: Collected

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Group therapy: An effective tool to cure mental disquiet

Najmun’s journey beyond the border

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Najmun’s journey beyond the border

Thousands of items of electronic products like this are displayed and sold at an unbelievably cheap rate . Photo: Noor-A-Alam

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A flea market in the city

Mesmerising wallpapers

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Mesmerising wallpapers

Caught between earning a living and social stigma

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Caught between earning a living and social stigma

Crossing boundaries with Gootipa’s leather goods

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Crossing boundaries with Gootipa’s leather goods

Know your noodle

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Know your noodle

Growing and tending of bonsai takes a lot of patience, labour and time. Photo: Mumit M

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A bonsai forest in the city