This physically challenged man is a source of inspiration for all. At an early age, Sheikh Ahammad Rahim was infected with a disease that left both his legs bent. But he didn't give up on life. He studied up to class-IX and tried everything he could -- from running a tea stall to a grocery shop -- to earn a living. He now drives a battery-run rickshaw in Chittagong city to run a six-member family. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Women sort out and buy vegetables at a wholesale market in the capital's Rayerbazar. After selling vegetables to wholesalers early in the morning, local traders put the remaining ones up for retail sale at a cheap price. A huge number of people, mostly women, buy vegetables there every day. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Women sort out and buy vegetables at a wholesale market in the capital's Rayerbazar. After selling vegetables to wholesalers early in the morning, local traders put the remaining ones up for retail sale at a cheap price. A huge number of people, mostly women, buy vegetables there every day. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Women sort out and buy vegetables at a wholesale market in the capital's Rayerbazar. After selling vegetables to wholesalers early in the morning, local traders put the remaining ones up for retail sale at a cheap price. A huge number of people, mostly women, buy vegetables there every day. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Fishermen showcase a 160kg saltwater Ayer fish at the wholesale fish market in Firingi Bazar of Chittagong yesterday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Fishermen showcase a 160kg saltwater Ayer fish at the wholesale fish market in Firingi Bazar of Chittagong yesterday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Students, teachers, and visitors at Govt BM College, Barisal look at photographs taken by past winners of The Daily Star-Standard Chartered Bank Celebrating Life competition, at an exhibition organised on the campus on Sunday as a part of this year's district level festivals. Photo: Star
