Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga river that flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline. Now, with hardly any fish to ...

Bangladesh's river gypsies (commonly known as Bedes) move from one village to another and live in plastic sheet huts. They exercised their voting rights for the first time.Photo: Sanjit DasCotton ...