There are hundreds of rivers, streams and water courses in Bangladesh, but the Matamuhuri River, is only one of two that rises within the country's borders.

It stretches some 180 miles, from the Arakan Hills in Chittagong before emptying into The Bay of Bengal. It is a lifeline for many remote communities

The river and its forests are home to a number of indigenous communities, who rely on the river and surrounding forests for resources such as fuel wood, bamboo, food and medicinal plants. ( travelling river gypsies in particular are known for their "healing skills").

There are some Rohingya refugees from Burma in the area there are some tensions with local communities. A combination of factors, resource scarcity, economic strain, and security concerns and the refugees inability or want to fully integrate.

Sounds very much like the UK

See ladies , don't waste any more money on expensive hair products, they really are the emperor's new clothes. Just go dunk yourself in the nearest river

It is also the only source of water for bathing and personal ablutions

Communities along the Matamuhuri River are also facing several other challenges, including corporate deforestation, water scarcity due to illegal and unplanned extraction, and the necessity of growing vast tobacco plantations which require copious amounts of water to thrive.

Some of the many tobacco plantations alongside the river, Bangladesh is the world's 12th largest producer of the leaf. Smoking.

Our boatman left us

We are back on dry land, we shall now go enjoy village life.

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