In the forest where she lives, Mahfuza spends her days navigating rivers where danger lurks.
![The fisherwoman of the Sundarbans - Mahfuza [Rubayet Mahmood/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2245-1742363566.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Saharin Shaoun is a writer, reporter and researcher based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In the forest where she lives, Mahfuza spends her days navigating rivers where danger lurks.
![The fisherwoman of the Sundarbans - Mahfuza [Rubayet Mahmood/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2245-1742363566.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Grief-stricken parents share how their young children were killed during the July unrest and crackdowns on students.
![Abdul Ahad, 4, loved lollies, chips and chicken. On July 19, he was killed by stray bullet during the student-led protests and unrest in Bangladesh [Courtesy of Abdul Ahad's family]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-1-1724682369.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Extreme weather is bearing down on vulnerable Rohingya communities on southeastern Bangladesh’s coast.
