People pass by Mugda Medical College and Hospital gate which provides treatment to the dengue patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 12, 2023. Hospitals in Bangladesh have been overflowing with patients while dealing with a shortage of intravenous fluids, crucial for treating severe cases. (Photo by Fatima Tuj Johora/Reuters)





Children react surrounded by a vapor cloud during a fumigation operation held by Dhaka City Corporation in Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Fatima Tuj Johora/Reuters)





Hindu devotees celebrate Diwali with oil lamps, candles, Incense and flowers at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Straw from rice paddies is unloaded in Sirajganj, Bangladesh in November 2023, on its way to be sold. It can be used for everything from textiles and bedding to home insulation and biofuel. (Photo by Abdullah Al Mahfuz/Solent News)





Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple while praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Members of Gono Odhikar Parishad take part a demonstration on the first day of a new 48-hour nationwide blockade in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15 November 2023. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and allied parties called for another nationwide transport blockade for 48 hours to put pressure on the Awami League (AL) government to resign ahead of the country's January 2024 general election. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)





Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, a political party, try to remove barricades as they join in a mass protest march towards the Election Commission, ahead of the election schedule declaration, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Bangladeshi passengers cross the Buriganga River during the heavy rain as Cyclone Midili affects the costal area, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on November 17, 2023. According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) the cyclone Midili is likely to move north-northeastward further and may complete crossing the coast by 17 November evening and all type of river vessels operations were suspended due to the cyclonic storm. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE)





Drivers carry paddy straw in small trucks in Kazipur Upazila, Sirajganj District, Bangladesh on November 22, 2023. Paddy straw is a by-product for farmers and they sell it to wholesalers at $5 to $7 per 100 kg. The straw is then sold by the wholesalers for between $8 - $10. Farmers use hay as food and bedding for their livestock. Straw is used for various other purposes including house canopies and a form of biofuel. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Fishing boats are seen along a beach in Teknaf on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Bangladeshi artists perform as Dhaka University students organize a celebration titled “Metro at TSC: Thank you Sheikh Hasina” at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 02 December 2023. The day-long events celebrate the arrival of the “Dream Metro Rail” at the premises of Dhaka University. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)





A family collects firewood from a tree in the Dabar river of Shantiganj Upazila, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh on December 3, 2023 and carries it back home in a boat, where as there is no gas facility in the Hawar village of Sunamganj, Bangladesh, the Haor residents collect firewood by cutting trees and collecting firewood. stay In this way, the trees are dying day by day because of cutting trees for fuel. (Photo by Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A woman holds a placard as supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) form a human chain marking International Human Rights Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, December 10, 2023. The opposition allege that thousands of their activists have been detained by security agencies ahead of the country's general election on Jan. 7. The BNP, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is boycotting the election leaving voters in the South Asian nation of 166 million with little choice but to re-elect Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League for a fourth consecutive term. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Members of the Bangladesh cultural organization “Chhayanaut” perform at the Dhaka University playground during the 53nd Victory Day celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 December 2023. On 16 December 1971, Bangladesh became an independent country, under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after a victory in the War of Liberation against Pakistani occupation forces. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)





Posters of the election candidates are seen hanging over a street ahead of the 2024 general elections, in Dhaka on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Farm workers start their day early, surrounded by the golden haze of sunrise, in northern Bangladesh in the last decade of December 2023. (Photo by Abdul Hamid/Solent News)





Thousands of Muslims perform the Jumma prayer on December 29, 2023. The Baitul Mukarram Mosque is the national mosque of Bangladesh. Friday is a holy day for Muslims where they come together to pray in the mosque. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/Solent News/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Female hawkers carry plastic and aluminium utensils to sell on a foggy morning ahead of the general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 4, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Bangladesh Army soldiers keep guard outside a polling booth in Dholaipar area 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 Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)