Chalan Beel

Chalan Beel

Since 2002, the impact has accumulated quietly but steadily. More than 22,500 students have graduated from Shidhulai’s boat schools. Photo: Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha

The floating schools of Chalan Beel

Across the waterways of Chalan Beel, 39 boats move between villages. Of these, 26 are used as floating schools, 10 function as libraries and computer labs, and seven serve as training centres

Farmers are carrying harvested paddy by their buffalo cart. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Md Fakrul Islam

Chalan beel: Farmers harvesting rice during peak season

From the air, many parts of Tarash look like broken glass mosaic as scores of ponds share common retaining walls. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Fish ponds and waterlogging: How Chalan Beel is transforming (again)

In search of honey: The lives of nomadic beekeepers of Bangladesh

In search of honey: The lives of nomadic beekeepers of Bangladesh

Chalan Beel. Photo: Courtesy

Eight rivers linked to Chalan Beel are almost dead: Bapa