A sex worker at a brothel in Madaripur, Bangladesh. Panic has gripped some 500 sex workers who live in southern Bangladesh’s largest and oldest red light district since about 10,000 people led by a new Muslim group called Islahe Kaom Parishad (the National Reform Council) rallied outside the rambling complex to call for it to be shut down
The red light district in Madaripur city is thought to have been in operation for at least 150 years