Men and women rake bright yellow grains of rice into piles ready to be covered for the night at a processing plant in Barmanbaria, Bangladesh. The photos were taken by Badal Chandra Sarker from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The 42-year-old said: “Each worker earns less than one pence per 1kg of paddy produced, with some workers earning up to £2.50 for the day. Rice produced here is sold all over Bangladesh, with the surplus being exported abroad.”

“One thing I noticed while taking the photographs is that business never seems to stop, every moment seemed busy.”

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