“Using every possibility in Dhaka Bangladesh”

To set up your shoe repair shop on less than a square meter in the middle of the sidewalk while pedestrians squeeze themselves past you, requires a high degree of professionality. Knowing how to bundle your shoe soles in different sizes, where to keep the yarn and glue so you can access it readily.
We see hundreds of ways in which men, women and children, in small places or moving in between cars, busses and rickshaws, run their own businesses. Very inventive, and although the streets are full of waste, a lot of it gets recycled. It is a true University of Life.

Young expertise

Dhaka -  The young boy of 16 years old is an expert on machine with no training. He possessed this skill learning by doing and living an independent life out of it…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

They need a new coat of colour

Dhaka -  Walking along the ‘Beribandh’ or the city embankment is an experience to see many things such as tanneries, slums, motor-workshops, waste-recycling shops, expansion of the city etc. What welcome you…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

The encroachment

Dhaka -  People keep encroaching the river to make new slum for the people who usually migrate from the other part of the country to Dhaka for better income. Since the…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

For Sale

Dhaka -  Used household appliances like Fridge , Television etc. are collected and repair at this shops. Self trained technicians are involved with this small enterprises . This repaired home appliances are consumed by…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Cattles for extra income

Dhaka -  Cows are seen commonly in the streets of Rayerbazar area in Dhaka. People living in this place are mainly in lower-middle class and they do other work than their main…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Small Entrepreneur

Dhaka -  The man runs this small unit of tea stall on his own. He does not need to depend on others for his living. He is an small entrepreneur with dignity…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Enterprise run by Child

Dhaka -  Many children are found in the city who runs small business . It is not creativity or voluntary efforts . They have to do it to feed or contribute to their family…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Open air auto-rickshaw

Dhaka -  Want a fancy ride outside of Dhaka? Want to enjoy the air and sunlight while going here to there? Here is something for that then. An ideal ride to rent…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Child labour for survival in Dhaka city

Dhaka -  The children in the urban city are forced to join workforce for their survival instead of going to school. The primary school drop outs picked up working in the bakeries…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Goat and the tea-stall

Dhaka -  Rafique Uddin runs his little tea-shop in a slum that stands near the ‘Beribandh’, the embankment to protect the city of Dhaka from possible flood of the River Buriganga. Besides…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Ceiling fan in the middle of street

Dhaka -  Young man carrying a ceiling fan on his shoulder in the street, Dhaka, Bangladesh …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab