Journalist’s notesPiyas Biswas, July 2026Interview subject:Mohammad Sumon Mridha, 30, now lives on the banks of the Padma River in Lohajang Upazila of Munshiganj district, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Dhaka, where he rents a small plot of land with his wife, Hena Begum, 22, and their 3-year-old son, Rabbi. A fisherman, his life was once very different. Born and raised on Jhautya Char, a river island in the Padma, Sumon was a farmer wh…
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