A rickshaw ferrying passengers rides past a mural displaying portraits of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her father and founder of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other leaders in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, January 5, 2024. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Supporters and activists of Gono Odhikar Porishod party ride rickshaws during a protest march demanding free and fair elections and supporting the boycott of Sunday's parliamentary elections, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, January 5, 2024. Bangladesh's main opposition party called for general strikes on the weekend of the country's parliamentary election, urging voters to join its boycott. This year, ballot stations are opening amid an increasingly polarized political culture led by two powerful women; current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Bangladeshi fire fighters search through a burnt out carriage of the Benapole Express in Dhaka on January 5, 2024. Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train which was arriving in the capital Dhaka from the western city of Jessore, caught fire on January 5, 2024, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the opposition. (Photo by Abdul Goni/AFP Photo)





Fire engulfs a Rohingya refugee camp at Kutupalong in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, early Sunday, January 7, 2024. (Photo by Shafiqur Rahman/AP Photo)





Security officers stand guard at a ballot boxes distribution centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, January 6, 2024. Bangladesh’s main opposition party has enforced a 48-hour general strike from Saturday across the South Asian nation as the nation is ready to hold its next general election a day later. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A civic worker dumps election posters in a van after tearing them down on a street corner a day after the Awami League party led by prime minister Sheikh Hasina won Bangladesh's parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





A boy is walking through the debris at Kawranbazar area in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Saturday, January 13, 2024. A woman and a child were killed and four others were injured in a fire at slum. At least 300 shanties were burnt in the fire. (Photo by Md Rakibul Hasan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A worker loads bricks on his head in the dusty working environment of a brick factory, as he transports them to another place, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 16, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Workers load bricks on their heads in the dusty working environment of a brick factory, as they transport them to another place, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 16, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Homeless people who live at the Suhrawandy Udyan light a fire to warm themselves, as temperature drops significantly during winter in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





People are shopping for winter wear on a cold winter day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 17, 2024. Bangladesh has recorded its lowest temperature at 8.5 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur. (Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Farmers are collecting marigold flowers from a flower garden in Jhikargacha upazila of Godkhali Union, in Jessore, Bangladesh, on January 21, 2024. In this district, flowers are being cultivated on 630 hectares of the total 650 hectares of land. The cultivation is taking place in about 50-55 villages, including Gadkhali, Panisara, Haria, and others. (Photo by Muhammad Amdad Hossain/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Farmers unload winter vegetable tomatoes from boats for sale at Baishmouja market in Brahmanbaria on January 22, 2024. This traditional market on the banks of Meghna river is about 200 years old. Boats are the only means of transporting goods in this market. Currently, 40 kg of tomatoes are being sold at Tk 1,200 ($12). Farmers bring their produce to the market in the morning by boat and wholesalers buy it and take it to the surrounding districts. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Daring motorists entertain spectators by dangerously driving motorcycles on a vertical “wall of death” in Khulna, Bangladesh on January 30, 2024. Performers travel without protective gears at speeds of up to 80 km/h so that their vehicles can balance on the 25-foot-high wooden plank. Riders pull off death-defying stunts to wow bystanders in an attempt to make extra money as they ride vertically up the side of a wall. They perform to entertain those who have paid an entry fee of 20 pence for the entertainment. Up to 100 spectators can watch at a time offering up money to the riders so they can earn extra money from these tips. (Photo by Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Dancers prepare before a dance performance on the occasion of Language Month at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar in Sylhet, Bangladesh on February 1, 2023. Language month February was celebrated with an alphabet procession in Sylhet. At 10:30 in the morning, the procession left Sylhet city's Sharda Hall premises and went around the main main road of the city and ended at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar. Dignitaries including brave freedom fighters, journalists, cultural personalities, poets, literary figures, educationists participated in this procession. Sammilita Natya Parishad Sylhet has been organizing Varnamala procession on the first day of February for the last 10 years. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Muslim devotees offer noon prayers at the “Biswa Ijtema” or the World Muslim Congregation in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka on February 2, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Migratory birds are flying in a foggy winter morning in Dibir Haor in Jaintapur Upazila of of Sylhet in the foothills of Meghalaya bordering area of Bangladesh on February 3, 2024. Due to suitable environment, sufficient food and breeding facilities mirgratory birds are now found roaming in this wet land. Moreover, now a days, due to the unplanned use of pesticides in canals and arable land in Bangladesh, migratory birds are under threat in the country. Even, many native bird species are on the verge of extinction due to pesticides. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





This aerial photograph shows Muslim devotees leaving in an overcrowded train after taking part in the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during 'Biswa Ijtema', an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, some 30 kms north of Dhaka on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Muslim devotees leave in an overcrowded train after taking part in the Akheri Munajat or final prayers during “Biswa Ijtema'” an annual congregation of Muslims in Tongi, some 30 kms north of Dhaka on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Bangladeshi artists wear floral attire as they join celebrations of the spring festival “Basanta Utsav” at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka, in Bangladesh, 14 February 2024. The Bashanta Utshab, or Spring Festival, is a local traditional festival which marks the beginning of the Spring Season while young people also celebrate it along with Valentine's Day. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE)