Culture | Constructing identities
Monuments to the work of Bangladeshi migrants
An estimated 9.4m Bangladeshis have left the country to seek employment abroad. Their experiences are being chronicled in poetry and art
By A.B. | DHAKA
ZAKIR HOSSAIN KHOKAN’s story is a common one. In 2003 he left Dhaka for Singapore because he could make more money as a construction worker there than he could as a journalist with a university degree in his native Bangladesh. Mr Khokan worked 10-12 hours a day, six days a week, and worked his way up to project coordinator.
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