Muslims protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza and to support the Palestinian people, in front of Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, October 13, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Muslims burn a portrait of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza and to support the Palestinian people, in front of Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, October 13, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





This photograph provided by the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department shows rescuers and others after a cargo train hit a passenger train at Bhairab, Kishoreganj district, Bangladesh, Monday, October 23, 2023. More than a dozen people are killed and scores more are injured according to fire officials. (Photo by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department via AP Photo)





Onlookers stand along a road blocked by an uprooted tree in Cox's Bazar on October 25, 2023, following the landfall of Cyclone Hamoon. Nearly 275,000 people in Bangladesh fled to shelters on October 25 as Cyclone Hamoon barrelled into the southeastern coast, killing at least two people, officials said. (Photo by Tanbir Miraj/AFP Photo)





Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party attack security officers during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, October 28, 2023. Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security officials during a rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections next year. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party participate in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, October 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





People carry a police officer injured in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, October 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party run after clashing with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, October 28, 2023. Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security officials during a rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections next year. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Police clash with Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during protest rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government, in front of their head office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man sells banners and posters of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party leaders as supporters of ruling alliance rally denouncing the violence by the opposition, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Bangladeshi garment workers vandalize buses during a protest demanding an increase in their wages at Mirpur in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Garment workers block roads as they take part in a protest in Dhaka on November 1, 2023. Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers barricaded roads in Dhaka Wednesday demanding fair wages for clothing they make for major Western brands, with at least two killed during days of protests. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Bangladesh police (foreground) stand guard along a road during clashes with garment workers (top) protesting to demand the increase of their salaries, in Dhaka on November 2, 2023. Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have shuttered as thousands of workers staged violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, police said on November 2. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





A man takes a nap on his basket at a wholesale market in Dhaka on November 6, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple with oil lamps, praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Hindu devotees sit with Prodip (lights) and pray to God for the welfare of family in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram temple, Swamibag, Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 7, 2023 during Rakher Upobash, a religious Hindu fasting festival organized annually at the last half of the Bengali month Kartik. Devotees sit with food and candles and pray in earnest to the God before breaking the fast. Light from hundreds of lamps, intense smoke from dhunachi, high peach rhythm of chanting and devotees absorbed in prayers creates breath-taking ambiance. At last, devotees break their fast taking the prashad from temple. Rakher Upobash is a Hindu religious festival of lights, faith and devotion. Devotees pray for good health and seek blessings during this annual festival. (Photo by Joy Saha/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple with oil lamps, praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Hindu devotees pray on the floor of a temple with oil lamps, praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Garment industry workers try to stop vehicles, as they continue to protest on the street demanding a wage raise, at Mirpur area of Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Hindu devotees light “Diyas” (earthen lamps) on a Rangoli, a framework of decorated pattern, as part of Diwali festivities in a temple premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 12, 2023. The festival takes place every year in accordance with the Hindu lunar calendar. The word “Diwali” is derived from the Sanskrit word “Deepavali”, meaning series of lighted lamps; hence, it is also known as the festival of lights. Diwali is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with family and friends. Many light oil lamps or candles to symbolize a victory of light over darkness, and fireworks are set off as part of the celebrations. (Photo by Joy Saha/Rex Features/Shutterstock)