Workers gather in the morning at a boat terminal, waiting to cross the Mongla river, in Mongla, Bangladesh, March 3, 2022. This Bangladeshi town, located near the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans, stands alone to offer new life to thousands of climate migrants. The town was once vulnerable to floods and river erosion. Now it has become more resilient with improved infrastructure and special economic zones to support climate migrants. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Reshma Begum, 28, collects water from the Pasur River in Mongla, Bangladesh, March 4, 2022. Begum used to catch fish in the river that swallowed her home, making her three-member family homeless. Now she lives temporarily on another man’s land and works at a factory in the export processing zone. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





People watch the rescued ferry following an accident in the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj on March 21, 2022. At least six people are dead and dozens more are believed missing after a bulk carrier crashed into a small ferry in a river near Bangladesh's capital on March 20. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Bangladeshi children from Khan Tea garden posing for photos on March 23, 2022 with their faces painted after adorning with colors like Rainbows on the celebration of the annual Hindu festival of colors, known as Holi festival marking the onset of spring. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Eyepix Group/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Women workers are processing wheat in a mill in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on March 23, 2022. As wheat is the second most important staple food crop after rice in Bangladesh, there is an increasing demand of it. (Photo by ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Rohingya men work to clear a sewage canal at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





A girl sorts fish drying on the sun at a fish processing area near in Cox's Bazar on March 25, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Firefighters work to bring a blaze on a passenger ship under control in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 27, 2022. Earlier on 24 December, at least 40 people died after a fire broke out in “MV Abhijan-10”, a river ferry, on the River Sugandha in Jhalakathi. Passengers who escaped from the fire incident said the fire broke out from the canteen and engine room and continued for hours. The reason behind the fire could not be ascertained immediately. This is one of the biggest ferry in Bangladesh. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Fishermen try to lift a stranded boat after fishing from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Fishermen try to lift a stranded boat after fishing from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Workers sort through colourful piles of fabrics ready to be made into garments in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on March 29, 2022. The workers are sorting and selecting the fabrics according to colour, quality and the demand of the buyers. The fabrics are generally used in apparel manufacturing process. They are piled up for sorting and grading as well as to dry in the sun with moisture being removed from the dying process. (Photo by Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Colourful strips of fabric, which will be used to fashion sarees in Narayanganj in Bangladesh, make an eye-catching display as they are laid out to dry in the sun on March 29, 2022. (Photo by Joy Saha/Solent News)





Hundreds of wooden boats resemble like flowers in Dhaka River Port, Bangladesh as they fan out around their moorings on March 29, 2022. The boats, decorated with colourful patterned rugs, are ready to transport workers from the outskirts of the city to their jobs in the centre. The Buriganga river is used as a route into Dhaka city for millions of workers every day. The Bangladeshi capital is one of the most densely populated in the world and home to around 19 million people. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Patients suffering from diarrhea receive treatment at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDRB) in Dhaka on March 30, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Children run and playing amongst hundreds of traditional rice mills made from bamboo on March 31, 2022. After being boiled, the grain is swept into piles by workers and dried for up to eight hours in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. The rice-mill worker started their work from very early in the morning from 5 am to 2pm everyday. After the lunch period, Children of the workers play their afternoon games with friends in this rice mill field. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Workers carry stacks of bricks on their heads through a lot in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on March 31, 2022. Brick labourers work 12-14 hours a day, six days a week, many lacking basic rights and access to social security. They earn 100 BDT (around $1.16 USD) only after carrying 1,000 bricks. There is a constant demand for bricks as the primary material for construction in Bangladesh, with a population of 160 million and increasing urbanisation. Brick kilns emit toxic fumes containing large amounts of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and oxides of sulphur which are extremely harmful to the eyes, lungs and throat. (Photo by Joy Saha/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





Workers are busy working in Sylhet's bananas wholesale market in Sylhet, Bangladesh on April 3, 2022. Muslims eat bananas in Sehri during the month of Ramadan. Due to the higher demand for bananas in Ramadan than in other months of the year, stockists are having to pay higher prices. Bananas are supplied nationwide from the northern districts of Bangladesh. During Ramadan, the price of one Kanda banana is 10 USD – 14 USD depending on Banana quality and size. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A line of workers, carry up to 200 loads each a day, unloaded a fresh shipment by carrying the heavy loads of coal in baskets balanced precariously on their heads at Gabtoli Coal Field, Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 3, 2022. Very early in the morning, workers start unloading coal till sunset, they earn around $7 per day. There are no special shoes on their feet and no gloves in their hands to unload coal from cargo ships. Moreover, long working hours under the scorching sun, massive accumulation of dust and carrying excessive loads pose serious health hazards for the workers. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People purchase food for iftar meal from the Chawkbazar makeshift market during the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)