PhotoBlog - dhaka

27
Feb
2013
2:31pm, EST
Fire destroys at least 300 shanties in Dhaka slum
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A man center, reacts as Bangladeshi firefighters and volunteers work to douse a fire at the Kallyanpur Natun Bazar slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 27.
A fire swept through a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday. According to police, at least 300 shanties were gutted. No casualties were reported.
--The Associated Press
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Bangladeshi firefighters and volunteers search the debris of a congested slum after a fire swept through it in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 27.
Abir Abdullah / EPA
Family members react after a fire broke out in a slum at Kallayanpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 27. The cause of the fire is not yet known and no casualties have been reported.
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Smoke rises from a slum after a fire swept through it in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 27.
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Survivors of Bangladesh factory fire tell their story

Chaotic scene as civilians work to put out another garment-factory fire in Bangladesh

More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire
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25
Nov
2012
3:25pm, EST
More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire
Andrew Biraj / Reuters
Members of the police inspect the garment factory after a devastating fire in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25. A fire swept through Tazreen Fashion factory killing more than 100 people in the country's worst-ever factory blaze.
Witnesses said the workers, mostly women, ran for safety as the fire engulfed the plant, but were unable to come out through narrow exits.
"Many jumped out from the windows and were injured, or died on the spot," said Milon, a resident. "We are appalled to see the charred bodies coming out of the factory since last night. It was an endless stream."
-- Reported by NBC News wire services
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A Bangladeshi woman cries as she claims the body of her relative killed in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25.
Abir Abdullah / EPA
Village women cover their noses to avoid smell of the burnt bodies as they gather near the ground where the bodies are kept for identification.
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Bangladeshi people identify the bodies of their relatives.
Hasan Raza / AP
Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24.
A fire blew through an eight-story clothing factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on Saturday night. The factory made products for Walmart and other U.S. companies. NBC's Kate Snow has more.

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This is one tragedy that should never have occurred. If those who had contracted for such workers, would have simply invested in constructing the building to ensure it met safety standards, these workers would never had died. If any fire would have started, the workers could have safely left the bui …
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16
May
2012
7:28am, EDT
Fire tears through Bangladesh slum
Andrew Biraj / Reuters
A man salvages his belongings after a fire in a slum at Shyamoli in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, on May 16, 2012.
By David R Arnott, NBC News
At least 10 people were injured, including a firefighter who sustained burns, and more than 150 shanties were burned down as a blaze swept through a Dhaka slum, Reuters reports. The local fire department said the cause of the blaze had yet to be ascertained.
Bangladeshi photographer Abir Abdullah, who took the photo below, has been documenting the havoc created by Dhaka's frequent fires for several years. He spoke to The New York Times about the project last month.
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A woman cries holding her child after she lost her shanty house in the fire.
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Firefighters work to control the blaze.

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Thay have learned America will bend over easy, and after 20 catastrophes in 7 years you would think someone would say lets pack up and move from this place i've got a bad feeling about this location???? And no pressure in fire hose.Duah.
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19
Apr
2012
1:58pm, EDT
Children in Bangladesh work to support themselves, their families
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A young boy working at an aluminum pot making factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 19.
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A young boy working at an aluminum pot making factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 19.
A recent UNICEF (United Nation Children’s Fund) report, “The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World,” focuses attention on children in urban areas. One billion children live in urban areas, a number that is growing rapidly. Yet disparities within cities reveal that many lack access to schools, health care and sanitation, despite living alongside these services. Many children are forced to work to support their families. A 2003 report found than more than 6.3 million children under the age of 14 are working in Bangladesh.
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11-year-old Amirul, left, earns 100 taka ($1.22 USD) a day, selling books from a pushcart, as a potential customer browses in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 19, 2012.
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Amirul, 11-years-old, pushes his cart full of books to sell on April 19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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9
Jan
2012
1:11am, EST
Men work to build a ship in Dhaka
Andrew Biraj / Reuters
Workers weld at a ship-building yard next to Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 8.
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Workers weld at a ship-building yard next to Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 8.
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A worker welds at a ship building yard next to Buriganga River in Dhaka, Jan. 8.

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If this for preparation for the coming of my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven , be hold when my FATHER GOD come to the world thru "WATER" on one else we will live in the world , every body SPIRIT we will come back to my FATHER GOD king of the universe in heaven to JUDGE according to their " …
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4
Dec
2011
10:44am, EST
Andrew Biraj / Reuters
Police arrest Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Dhaka City mayor and vice chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), during clashes between police and BNP activists in front of Dhaka Judge Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 4. Activists of the BNP torched a number of motorcycles and a police vehicle and vandalized nearly a dozen cars as police charged at them with batons and fired teargas to disperse the demonstrators during the day-long opposition strike, police said. The activists are against the government's decision to split the city into two administrative zones.
Former Dhaka mayor arrested during protests in Bangladesh
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5
Jul
2011
12:50pm, EDT
Andrew Biraj / Reuters
People gather in front of a bus burnt by activists of Bangladesh nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka on Tuesday, July 5. At least five buses and a van have been set ablaze in Dhaka on the eve of the 48-hour countrywide strike called by the main opposition BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami, a radical Islamist group. The strike is part of their bid to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power and force an early election.
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22
Jan
2011
11:18pm, EST
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Muslims walk near temporary tents set up for the World Islamic Congregation on the banks of the river Turag in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 22. The three-day congregation began Friday.
Tent city: Muslims camp out for World Islamic Congregation in Bangladesh
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