Suvra Kanti Das

Bangladeshi man Abul Bazadar, 25, has been suffering from a rare skin disease called Human Pappiloma Virus since 10 years. His skin appears to have tree roots growing out of it. He has been dubbed the ‘Tree Man’ and doctors from around the world are working on a cure. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

A Bangladeshi boy dries pieces of leather in the open air at hazaribagh tannery area in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area, widely known for its tannery industry, has been listed as one of the top 10 polluted places on earth by two international research organizations. At least 160,000 people have become victims of pollution due to the presence of toxic chemicals, mainly chromium. Tanneries in the city's Hazaribagh area discharge more than 30,000 square meters of liquid wastes every day. These harmful wastes, including chromium, lead, sulphur, ammonium, salt and other materials, are severely polluting the capital city and the river Buriganga.

Residents of Mirhajaribagh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, wait to collect water from a Madrasa’s water supply. Water crisis has turned acute in the capital making lives of city dwellers a sheer misery. Residents claimed that the water supplied by Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) was inadequate and in some areas the piped-water was also too much polluted and unfit for consumption. Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 18, 2015. 

 At least twenty-eight dockyards occupying 30.96 acres of the River Buriganga shore have been in operation without proper safety measures and guidelines. The waste and chemicals from the repairs pollute the river, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Climate change and sea level rise threaten to submerge the Kutubdia Island in the Bay of Bengal. Although around 100,000 people still reside on Kutubdia and the whole island could disappear underwater within 50 years. 

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