Stories from the ground, photographs anyone can use, and knowledge that stays open. Reporting for Nutshell Today, leading Project Korikath, studying finance along the way.
Get the stories that matter in front of the people who need them, and keep knowledge open for anyone who struggles to reach it.
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features and reports in 2026
I work across features, reports, ground reporting and desk reporting at Nutshell Today. Before that I wrote news at Jamuna Television’s web desk, was content executive at Dhaka on Air and news editor at Splash.
Got a story that needs telling? I’ll do the legwork.
The stories100+
outlets have run my pictures
My openly licensed photos, from Bangladesh and beyond, are used by hundreds of international news outlets.
Need a picture of Bangladesh? I may have it already.
The gallery42M+
views of my openly licensed work
Founder of Project Korikath, with 100+ volunteers in seven countries. Wikitongues fellow, and the Open Knowledge Foundation’s representative in Bangladesh.
Most of my photos are free to use. Just credit me.
The projectsI regularly write features for Nutshell Today and other platforms. Here are the latest.
So I give mine away. Photos, videos, words and training, all openly licensed, so anyone can use them.
My Wikimedia profile on Meta-Wiki42 million+ lives impacted by my work
one figure = 200,000 views
A photography project that fills Wikipedia’s visual gaps, with more than 100 volunteers in seven countries.
Bangladesh’s largest folklore photo contest: 20 core and 100+ supporting volunteers, partnerships and photowalks across the country.
Recording 1,000 words in IPA to digitise the language: using technology to keep Chak from dying out.
Representing the Open Knowledge Foundation’s network in Bangladesh.
Coordinating about 40 women Wikimedians working on the gender gap.
One of two certified Organizer Lab trainers in South Asia, after the Wikimedia Foundation’s 12-week course.
Year by year. Journalism Photography Open knowledge Events and talks Awards
Wiki Loves Folklore, for leading the Bangladesh edition.
Wikimania, for my work on CampWiz, a toolkit for Wikimedia campaigns.
Wikimedia Foundation’s 12-week Organizer Lab. Now one of two certified trainers in South Asia.
Wikimedia Commons featured my video “Beauty lachchi” on 5 March.
53 of my photographs rated Quality images on Commons.
My best shots, each one whole: the 2024 uprising, Dhaka’s streets and stages, and the hills.
Open the gallerySmall tools I make when something annoys me enough. Free to use.
Turn your spare phone into a desk robot.
Version 2.4.3, November 2026
Copy your Google Drive to your own disk.
Version 2.4.0, October 2026A photo of mine from this day in an earlier year, and a few things the numbers say.
If you think I can be part of your journey, I’m open. Just tell me what you need.
Stories from Bangladesh, reported from the ground, with pictures and video.
Long-form stories with research, interviews and photographs.
I can cover your conference, campaign, concert or celebration as a photographer.
I’ve organised nationwide photo contests, photowalks and online conferences, from Wiki Loves Folklore Bangladesh to Wikimania. I can help you plan and run your event.
Workshops on open knowledge, Wikimedia and open licensing, for organisers, students and teams, from a certified Organizer Lab trainer.
Short films and footage with drone and gimbal, edited or as raw clips.
Straight answers, before you write to me.
Most of them, yes. Over 34,000 of my photos and videos are on Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences, usually CC BY-SA 4.0. You can use them for free, even commercially, as long as you credit me and keep the licence. Each file’s page says which licence it has.
“Wasiul Bahar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0”, with a link to the file page where you can. For a photo that isn’t on Commons, email me first.
Yes: field reporting, features, event photography, organising, open knowledge training and cinematography anywhere in Bangladesh. Email me the date, the place and what you need, and I’ll reply with what I can do.
Memory and the 2024 uprising, disability and access, work and livelihoods, endangered languages, and who holds power over technology. I write features and reports for Nutshell Today.
Yes. I’ve run Wiki Loves Folklore in Bangladesh, I lead Project Korikath, and I’m a certified Organizer Lab trainer. I can help plan a campaign, train organisers or lead a photowalk.
A volunteer photography project I started in 2021. We photograph the people, places and things Wikipedia has no pictures of, and upload them openly. It now has more than 100 volunteers in seven countries.
Dhaka, Bangladesh. I travel for work across Bangladesh, from Narayanganj to the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Yes. I’m doing a BBA in Finance and Banking at Bangladesh University of Professionals, expected in 2028. Before that, I studied at Dhaka College and Ideal School and College.
Say who you are, what you need and by when. I read everything.
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