Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- Bangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman has made history by winning the Grand Prize at the 15th Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA), becoming the first photographer from the country to receive the competition's highest honour.

The winners were announced at a gala ceremony at the Museum of the Future in Dubai at 8pm local time on Tuesday.

Pinu won the top award for his photograph, titled "Under the Same Sky", which captures a family sleeping beneath the open sky in a room gutted by a devastating fire at Korail slum in Dhaka.

Even after losing their shelter and possessions in the blaze, the family members remain bound by affection and solidarity. The photograph conveys this enduring human connection through a poi...