Ystiaque Ahmed

When we think of World War II, Dhaka rarely enters the conversation.

In Gandaria, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Puran Dhaka, two unlikely legacies are fading together: a century-old herbal medicine company and the monkeys that once thrived in these streets.

At dawn, when Dhaka is just beginning to stir, thousands of rickshaw pullers set off on their daily grind.