News stories by Mohammed A. Sayem

  1. Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes

    - Inter Press Service

    SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 (IPS) - When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods.

  2. One Carries a Broom, the Other a Schoolbag

    - Inter Press Service

    SYLHET, Bangladesh, January 19 (IPS) - While other children her age prepared for school, eight-year-old Tania once began her workday. Each morning, she picked up a jharu—the household broom—and cleaned floors inside a private home. At the same time, another child of her age in that household lifted a schoolbag and left for class. One carried a broom. The other carried books.

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