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  • After a halt of two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Maitree Express left Dhaka Cantonment Station for Kolkata on Sunday carrying passengers. On Jun 1, a new international train, Mitali Express, will start running between Dhaka and Shiliguri. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Maitree Express back on track after 2 years
  • With the coming of monsoon, motorised boats are undergoing maintenance near the Turag River at Sadullapur in Savar on Sunday, May 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 29, 2022
  • Journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was given a guard of honour as a freedom fighter at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Farewell to Gaffar Chowdhury
  • Body of Gaffar Chowdhury arrives in Dhaka
  • May 28, 2022
  • Candidates arrive at University Women's Federation College in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi to attend the 44th BCS preliminary examinations on Friday, May 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove BCS exams
  • Police tighten security around the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, May 27, 2022, during a BNP rally to protest against “attacks” on Chhatra Dal activists at Dhaka University. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 27, 2022
  • After dispersing the procession brought out by the Chhatra Dal activists, Chhatra League activists stayed near the High Court. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Rival student wings clash again
  • Dhaka Ahsania Mission urges the government to increase the tax on tobacco in the upcoming budget in a press meet at the National Press Club on Thursday, May 26, 2022. May 26, 2022
  • A couple soak in the downpour at Dhaka University as it was raining heavily amid the scorching summer heat on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Rain brings relief from heat to Dhaka
  • A large amount of waste, including plastic bottles, is thrown into the Buriganga River on a regular basis. Some people make a living by recycling these plastic bottles. Some pick them up from the river’s shores, while others use boats to collect them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 25, 2022
  • The structure of the Padma Bridge is fully visible now. It never goes beyond eyesight while crossing the Padma River on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Padma Bridge waiting to welcome traffic
  • Travellers carry passports to buy tickets for Bangladesh-India trains from a counter at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Tickets for Bangladesh-India trains go on sale
  • A Dhaka court sends expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, believed to be involved in the illegal gambling business, to jail on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 after the High Court overturned the bail previously granted to him in a case over illegal wealth and money laundering. May 24, 2022
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  • Chumki Karon, the wife of sacked Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das, surrendered to the Chattogram Division Special Judge's Court on Monday, May 23, 2022, over a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. The judge scrapped her plea for bail and sent her to prison. May 23, 2022
  • A Dhaka court sent to jail Awami League MP Haji Mohammad Salim after he surrendered on Sunday, May 22, 2022 following his sentencing to 10 years in prison in 2021 for having wealth beyond means. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Haji Salim lands in jail
  • May 22, 2022
  • A fruit seller in Dhaka’s Purana Paltan area displays the season’s first fresh batches of lychee, collected from the orchards in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon and Dinajpur, the lychee capital of Bangladesh. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Fresh lychees at Dhaka market
  • Goods from shops evicted during a recent drive carried out by the Dhaka South City Corporation, or DSCC, are stacked at the site of the city’s Railway Super Market in Gulistan. The DSCC plans to build a multi-storied shopping mall at the site. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 21, 2022
  • Smoke from a steel mill at Munshikhola in Dhaka’s Shyampur appears like winter fog. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Smoke from steel mill
  • One of the 50 piers for a 4.8 km railway next to Bangabandhu Bridge on the Jamuna River is installed while the piling work for 29 others nears completion. The project director said the construction is expected to finish by the end of 2024. May 20, 2022
  • It took six hours for a crane to remove a covered van overturned in an accident on Dhaka's Bijoy Sarani, a key road, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The accident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, caused heavy congestion and serious difficulties for commuters on the last day of the work week. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 19, 2022
  • Workers bake in summer heat
  • People use boats as the streets of Companiganj in Sylhet go under the water due to flash floods after incessant rains. May 18, 2022
  • A student holds a placard during an awareness campaign to control sound pollution in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Mobile court to control sound pollution
  • Pedestrians are having to maintain caution while walking on Mohakhali’s AK Khandaker Road as internet and satellite connection cables hang dangerously around them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Tangled by cables
  • A passenger bus veers out of control and falls onto a road divider in Dhaka's Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 17, 2022
  • A child takes a dip in the lake of Rayerbazar graveyard in Dhaka to ward off the scorching summer heat on Monday, May 16, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Escaping the heat at a graveyard lake
  • Waterlogging in Demra’s Dogair
  • May 16, 2022
  • Small cooking oil mill
  • Buddhists pray in front of the idol of Gautam Buddha in Dhaka on Buddha Purnima on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Festivities of Buddha Purnima
  • Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal speaks at a programme titled 'Sheikh Hasina's Homecoming: Reconstruction of History' and organised by Bangladesh Progressive Columnist Forum at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday, May 15, 2022. May 15, 2022
  • A pedestrian overpass is being constructed in Farmgate. The old large one has been removed, though, there is another one just 10-15 metres away. People trying to cross the road pay no attention to it. In this harrowing image, a mother, who is supposed to teach her adolescent boy how to safely cross the road, is spotted attempting to cross the road instead by apparently forcing vehicles to come to a halt on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Jaywalking, the new normal in Dhaka
  • Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam holds a ‘Meet the Press’ event at Dhaka’s Gulshan on Saturday, May 14, 2022, to commemorate two years since he took office. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 14, 2022
  • Traders at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka said prices of garlic have increased due to a shortage in supply. They hope the prices will be normal again when supply increases. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Volatility in onion market
  • A group of boys play in the Buriganga river, diving from a pipe on Friday, May 13, 2022 as rains start turning the dark water of the heavily polluted river in Dhaka into its clear self. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 13, 2022
  • The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 sentences Managing Director Rafiqul Amin to 12 years in prison for embezzlement on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Destiny bosses jailed
  • Actress Pori Moni arrives at the Dhaka Special Judges Court on Thursday, May 12, 2022 to attend a hearing in a narcotics case. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 12, 2022
  • Due to Cyclone Asani, it rained intermittently in Dhaka on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Rickshaw passengers in the Dhaka University area are seen using polythene to protect themselves from the rain. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Cyclone Asani causes rain
  • The Sammilito Sanksritik Jote President Golam Quddus leads a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 to demand a larger allocation for the culture sector in the coming national budget. May 11, 2022
  • A crowd of visitors gather at Dhaka’s International Convention City Bashundhara on the first day of the Bangladesh Denim Expo on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, . Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Denim Expo returns
  • Swathes of Boro paddy fields go under water in Jashore’s Sharsha after incessant rains under the influence of Cyclone Asani over the Bay of Bengal. May 10, 2022
  • Md Abdul Jabbar Mondol, chief of Dhaka district office of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection, surveys the storage of a shop, Messrs Mintu Trading, for cooking oil at Kajla Bridge area of Demra Road on Monday, May 9, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Jatrabari shops fined for hoarding oil
  • The Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal or BaSad rallied in front of the National Press Club on Monday, May 09, 2022 to protest against the unusual spike in the prices of daily commodities, including cooking oil, rice and lentil. May 9, 2022
  • Dhaka’s skies have been overcast for the past few days, but the rain did not come down until Sunday, May 8, 2022. A group of young women rejoice at the relief from the heat in the Dhaka University area. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Rain brings some relief
  • The canal next to the Tarabo Municipal Offices in Narayanganj’s Rupganj is full of chemical waste from nearby factories, which has formed a layer atop the water. The smell is unpleasant too. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 8, 2022
  • A bus overtakes a truck on the two-lane Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, while a battery-powered autorickshaw, coming from the opposite direction, crosses the road in a risky situation. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Buses grow reckless amid post-Eid rush
  • Thousands of motorcycles throng the Banglabazar terminal in Madaripur on Saturday, May 7, 2022 as people hurry back to Dhaka after the Eid-ul-Fitr break. May 7, 2022
  • People return to Dhaka by motorcycles through the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Friday, May 6, 2022 after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Returning to Dhaka by motorcycles
  • Kamalapur Railway Station is abuzz with Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers as they return to Dhaka on Friday, May 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 6, 2022
  • Passengers scramble to get on a train at Kamalapur Railway Station on Thursday, May 5, 2022 as Eid-ul-Fitr exodus continues after the holidays. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi People leave Dhaka after Eid
  • A storekeeper is refilling an old soybean oil bottle with unpacked products in Karwan Bazar on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Soybean oil vanishes
  • Due to three additional days off before Eid, many people living in Dhaka travelled to their home villages to see their loved ones. On Thursday, May 5, 2022, public and private offices still seemed sluggish after the holiday. Motijheel, which houses many offices, was largely empty, even after the end of the Eid break. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 5, 2022
  • Scores of people queue up in front of the ticket counters of Mirpur’s National Zoo on Wednesday, a day after Eid-ul-Fitr on May 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove People throng the zoo on Eid break
  • Eid day has come and gone, but people are still leaving Dhaka. A large crowd can be seen at the Gabtoli Bus Terminal on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Customers at the terminal say they are still being overcharged for transport though they are leaving Dhaka after Eid. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove May 4, 2022
  • After two years of pandemic restrictions, Muslim devotees are able to greet each other with the traditional embrace on Eid at the National Eidgah in Dhaka on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Eid prayers at Eidgah once more
  • Eid prayers at National Mosque
  • Locals hold an Eid prayer congregation at the Tentultola field in Dhaka’s Kalabagan, where the construction of a police station was recently halted due to protests, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. May 3, 2022
  • Police officer Monir, who identified himself with a single name hands his baby daughter to her mother on Monday, May 2, 2022, the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. Monir is staying in Dhaka for duty while his family will celebrate the occasion in their home village. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Chaos-free train station before Eid
  • The National Eidgah is all prepared for the Eid-ul-Fitr congregation after two years of suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi May 2, 2022
  • The deserted sight of the streets in front of the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday, May 1, 2022, as millions of Dhaka residents have left the city to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Eid exodus turns Dhaka into a ghost town
  • A crane transfers imported rock from a ship to a truck in Chattogram’s Anu Majhirghat area. Photo: Sumon Babu May 1, 2022
  • People paid their last respects to former finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, Apr 30, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Adieu Muhith
  • Sales of Tupi , Atar and Jaynamaz
  • April 30, 2022
  • As most of the people left Dhaka much ahead of the long Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, the crowds of travellers at Gabtoli bus terminal were thin on Friday, Apr 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Thin crowds at Gabtoli before Eid
  • Scores of people throng Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station to travel home for the Eid holidays, Apr 29, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 29, 2022
  • Toggi Fun World, an amusement park at Bashundhara City shopping complex in Dhaka, has many gaming rides for children. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Shopping centre amusement park
  • Five Dhaka College students accused in the murder of Nahid Mia, a deliveryman fatally beaten and stabbed amid bloody skirmishes between students and New Market shopkeepers, are brought to the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Thursday, Apr 28, 2022. The court granted police a two-day remand to interrogate the suspects. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 28, 2022
  • Thousands of people are going home with their families for Eid. Passengers are waiting at Kamalapur Railway Station on Wednesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Eid travellers at Kamalapur Railway Station
  • People in the hills of Bandarban build Machang houses on an elevated platform using bamboo poles and other woods to fend off wild animals. Photo: U She Thowai Marma Machang house dot Bandarban's hills
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Mobile Rail Museum along with 46 new locomotives via video conferencing from Ganabhaban on Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 27, 2022
  • Ajmeri Glory buses usually run from the Sadarghat to Chandra. But they won’t be available in Dhaka during the Eid holidays as they will be on long-haul trips. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi City buses revamped for long Eid trips
  • Pavements are occupied by hawkers. Auto-rickshaws are parked beside the road, shrinking the space available to traffic. Buses are moving slowly too. The road from Bangabandhu Square to GPO in Gulistan is completely choked up. Photo taken on Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 26, 2022
  • Two wrestlers in action during a match of the 113th version of Jabbarer Boli Khela, a traditional wrestling tournament, at Laldighi ground in Chattogram on Monday, Apr 25, 2022. Photo: Sumon Babu Boli Khela resumes after pandemic break
  • Expelled Gendaria Thana Awami League leader Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan are taken to prison from court after they, alongside nine others, are sentenced to seven years in prison over a money laundering case on Monday, Apr 25, 2022. April 25, 2022
  • The Dhaka-Aricha Highway is being widened, but the flow of traffic flow is congested as vehicles are parked haphazardly near the Savar Bus Stand and makeshift shops occupy the road and pavement, as seen in this photo taken on Sunday, Apr 24, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Eid travellers to face congestion
  • People queue to buy advance tickets for Eid train trips at Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station on Sunday, Apr 24, 2022. Tickets are being sold for the second day of Eid journeys on Apr 28. April 24, 2022
  • Traders began selling household goods and traditional products at the venue of a fair centring Jabbarer Boli Khela, a traditional wrestling competition, in Chattogram’s Laldighi on Saturday, Apr 23, 2022, a day before the official opening of the three-day festival. Photo: Suman Babu Boli Khela is back at Laldighi
  • Kamalapur Railway Station is abuzz with travellers on the first day of advance ticket sales for Eid-ul-Fitr holidays on Saturday, Apr 23, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Gruelling wait for Eid train tickets
  • A fish weighing 150 kg, locally called 'Bhol', was caught off the beach near the Palace Paradise Hotel on St. Martin's island on Saturday, Apr 23, 2022. Photo: Jasim Mahmud April 23, 2022
  • Iftar bowls are ready for people at the mosque in High Court Mazar. A bowl of Iftar is prepared for four. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Iftar at High Court Mazar
  • The sales of advance train tickets for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays is set to open on Apr 23 but the ticket counters at the Kamalapur Railway Station were swarming with passengers seeking tickets for trips on Apr 26 amid technical problems with the online ticket purchase system. April 22, 2022
  • The main gate of New Market was closed in the morning on Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022, the day after clashes between Dhaka College students and store workers. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove New Market after clashes
  • First Baishakh rains in Dhaka
  • Workers repair a ferry named Banalata in Paturia pier ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr holiday rush. April 20, 2022
  • Dhaka College students wielding sticks and billhooks gather outside the institution during violent clashes with New Market store workers on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi New Market clashes
  • A worker sorts shemai at a factory in Chattogram’s Rajakhali after drying them in the open air ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival for Muslims in Bangladesh. Photo: Suman Babu Making shemai ahead of Eid
  • Fishermen brought a 27 kg Pama fish caught in the sea at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar to Mistripara Fishery Ghat on Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022. The asking price of the fish was Tk 750,000. April 19, 2022
  • A woman returns home with Iftar from Dharmarajik Buddhist Vihara in Dhaka’s Sabujbagh on Monday, Apr 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Iftar at Buddhist Vihara
  • Social and cultural organisations form a human chain at the altar of the Raju Memorial sculpture on the Dhaka University campus with a pledge to protect communal harmony at the university's Teacher-Student Centre on Monday, Apr 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 18, 2022
  • Members of the Christian community seek salvation in Jesus Christ during a prayer service at the Rajdhani High School in Dhaka's Manik Mia Avenue on Easter Sunday, Apr 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Easter Sunday service in Dhaka
  • A farmer harvests half-ripe paddy from a submerged field along the Turag river by a boat in Dhaka’s Ashulia after a flash flood. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Floods submerge crops
  • Another eight-sided stupa, a Buddhist commemorative monument, has been found at the Nateshwar excavation site in Munshiganj. Four similar stupas had previously been discovered at different times since the excavation began in 2013. April 17, 2022
  • Workers repair a bus in Dhaka's Gabtoli ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Buses being prepared for Eid
  • A man sleeps on a bench in the tree shade at Dhaka’s Hatirjheel on a hot summer afternoon on Saturday, Mar 16, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Naps on a hot summer day
  • Chitra deer take shelter from the sun in the shade of the trees at Dhaka's Mirpur National Zoo. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 16, 2022
  • Customers buy advance bus tickets without hassles at a counter in Gabtoli on Friday, Apr 15, 2022, the opening day of the sale ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Advance bus ticket sales begin
  • দুই দশক আগে রমনা বটমূলে বর্ষবরণ অনুষ্ঠানে বোমা হামলার ঘটনায় মৃত্যুদণ্ডপ্রাপ্ত আসামি শফিকুর রহমানকে বৃহস্পতিবার কিশোরগঞ্জের ভৈরব থেকে গ্রেপ্তারের পরদিন শুক্রবার সাংবাদিকদের সামনে হাজির করে র‌্যাব। April 15, 2022
  • The flagship Bangla New Year procession of Dhaka University’s Institute of Fine Arts advances from the TSC to Nilkhet instead of taking the usual Shahbagh-TSC route due to ongoing construction work of the metro rail on Thursday, Apr 14, 2022. Mongol Shobhajatra returns
  • A woman enjoys the rendition of traditional songs at Chhayanaut's curtain-raising event for the Bangla New Year 1429 at Ramna Batamul on Thursday, Apr 14, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Bangla New Year celebrations at Ramna Batamul
  • Archaeological excavations in the village of Rejakpur in Paikgachha, Khulna, have unearthed artefacts dating back thousands of years. The Department of Archaeology has found various types of pottery, including pots, jugs, bowls, dishes and pans, suggesting that these items may be from the ninth to the 12th century. April 14, 2022
  • Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Minhaz and Anwarul Alam, Majlish-e- Shura members of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, or JMB, are sent back to jail after the verdict in the murder of writer Humayun Azad was delivered on Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022. The court sentenced four to death for the murder but two of them are fugitives from justice. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Verdict in Humayun Azad murder
  • Sacked Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat is taken to court by an ambulance on Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022 ahead of a hearing on charges of his having illegal wealth pressed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. The court refused to release him on bail. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 13, 2022
  • Security in Ramna ahead of Bangla New Year
  • The road ahead is clear, but traffic is at a standstill as a bus blocks the road horizontally to take on passengers and prevent other buses from getting ahead of it. The sight is a daily occurrence in North Badda. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Reckless buses cause congestion
  • A white Pelican flaps its wings at the lake in Mirpur National Zoo. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 12, 2022
  • Female students celebrate water festival on the occasion of Rakhine New Year on Monday, Apr 11, 2022, at Katalganj Naba Pandit Buddhist Temple in Chattogram. Photo: Suman Babu Students in Rakhine New Year
  • This Boishakhi Paribahan bus running on the Savar-Natun Bazar route is damaged and has no tail lights. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Dhaka buses in poor condition
  • Rows of tied-up boats are seen at Tel Ghat in Dhaka's Keraniganj. The boats will be used for crossing the Buriganga River as the day progresses. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman April 11, 2022
  • The Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered in mosques in adherence to the health rules during the last two years. The restrictions on public gatherings have been lifted this year and the preparations for the Eid congregation are underway at the National Eidgah field. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove National Eidgah prepares for Eid congregation
  • Watermelons are brought to the Wiseghat in Dhaka by trawler from the south of Bangladesh. They are then loaded onto a boat mid-stream on Sunday, Apr 10, 2022. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman April 10, 2022
  • Female entrepreneurs’ fair
  • Lemonade is prepared at Beauty Lassi, which is celebrating the 100th year of its establishment. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 100 years of ‘Beauty Lassi’
  • A large Madan Tak bird, also known as a lesser adjutant, spreads its wings inside a cage at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. The species is rare and endangered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 9, 2022
  • The shackled elephants at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur have a limited amount of water for them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Misery of zoo elephants amid searing heat
  • Muslims wait for Iftar at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on Thursday, Apr 7, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Iftar at Baitul Mukarram
  • Tailors and craftsmen are busy making different attires ahead of Eid-ul Fitr at Khalifapatti in Chattogram’s Ghatforhadbeig. Photo: Suman Babu April 8, 2022
  • Working out at Ramna Park
  • Workers are storing salt in heaps in the fields of Shah Porir Dwip. Photo: Jasim Mahmud Fair prices elude sea salt farmers
  • Although peacocks usually spread their tail feathers during their mating season monsoon, a peacock at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur started dancing by spreading its tail feathers on a spring afternoon. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 7, 2022
  • Students prepare for the Mangal Shobhajatra at the Institute of Fine Arts on the Dhaka University campus. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi DU prepares for Bangla New Year
  • Workers making ledgers for Halkhata at Teri Bazar in Chattogram. Photo: Suman Babu Halkhata ledgers
  • A Royal Bengal Tiger takes rest in the water to beat the oppressive heat at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Heat forces tigers into water
  • Work is underway to upgrade the Dhaka-Aricha highway to four lanes at Dhamrai. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 6, 2022
  • Bangladesh Nari Mukti Sangsad stages a human-chain protest at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022, demanding action over the harassment of Lata Samaddar, a lecturer of theatre and media studies at Dhaka’s Tejgaon College, for wearing a tip – a traditional adornment -- on her forehead. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 5, 2022
  • Private cars are stuck in a traffic jam on the road in Dhaka’s Banani. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Ramadan traffic jam in Dhaka
  • The road leading to the Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka was dug up to install sewage pipes. It has remained in a dilapidated state ever since, much to the dismay of commuters. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi April 4, 2022
  • Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee pays its last respects to recitation artist and cultural activist Hasan Arif at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, Apr 2, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Adieu Hasan Arif
  • The erosion of the Madhumati river banks has put the government’s housing project for 65 landless families at risk, as seen in this photo taken in Gopalganj’s Tungipara on Saturday, Apr 2, 2022 April 2, 2022
  • After another exhausting week of workplace activities, many people go out on Friday, Apr 1, 2022 in the hope of spending some quality time with their families, but running the gauntlet with traffic leaves little room for relief. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Traffic tie-up on holiday
  • Parents and students crowd at the entrance of Dhaka University’s Arts Faculty after the admission test for medical colleges on Friday, Apr 1, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Medical entrance exams held
  • The Japanese flower Cassia Renigera is in full bloom at the Jahangirnagar University campus in Savar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove April 1, 2022
  • A portion of the boundary wall of the Teachers Training College was left broken during the clashes between the students of Dhaka College and TT College on Wednesday night. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi TT College after the night of unrest
  • A group of students demonstrate in front of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 31, 2022 demanding an opportunity to take public university admission tests for the second time. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 31, 2022
  • Each 5kg box of Maryam Kalmi dates costs around Tk 1,200 to Tk 2,000 depending on the quality at Badamtoli wholesale market. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Dates demand on the rise
  • Labourers are unloading pineapple from a truck at Badamtoli wholesale fruit market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 30, 2022
  • The prices of watermelons from the southern districts range from Tk 6,000 and Tk 30,000 per 100 pieces at the wholesale markets in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Advent of watermelon season
  • SK Sur Chowdhury, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, arrives at Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters in Dhaka’s Segunbagicha on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022, to face questioning over a loan scandal involving the International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL), belonging to the infamous businessman Proshanta Kumar Halder. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 29, 2022
  • Hatirjheel water-taxi service is a transportation mode of choice for the residents of West Rampura and Banasree as it spares them from the hectic traffic on roads. Gulshan office-goers can travel to their workplaces without hassle on water-taxis, lining up in long queues every morning. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 28, 2022
  • Firefighters in action to put out a fire at MV Adventure-9, a launch that travels on the Dhaka-Barishal route, in the capital’s Sadarghat on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Fire guts launch at Sadarghat
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins a meeting of the national implementation committee for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebrations at her office in Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: PMO March 27, 2022
  • The National Memorial in Savar is bedecked with flowers as people from all walks of life paid tribute to the fallen heroes of the Liberation War on the 51st anniversary of Bangladesh's independence, Mar 26, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Celebrating 51 years of independence
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays a wreath beneath her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's portrait at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi as a mark of tribute on Independence Day, Mar 26, 2022. Photo: PMO March 26, 2022
  • Only one Rani Mukut flower plant is available at Dhaka’s Baldha Garden. Originated in West Africa and first found in 1804, the plant grows mostly along the coasts of Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and Angola. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Baldha Garden, a kingdom of rare flowers
  • An artisan polishes a bell metal idol at Saha Metal Handicrafts of Sukanta Banik in Dhaka’s Dhamrai. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Metal handicrafts of Dhamrai
  • The construction of the 8th China-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge over the Kocha River in Pirojpur is nearing completion. The 998-metre bridge on the Barishal-Khulna Regional Highway, which has cost Tk 8.98 billion so far, is scheduled to open in June. Photo: Akib Javed March 25, 2022
  • Abdul Khalek Mondol, a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, is being taken to jail after the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced him to death for committing crimes against humanity in Satkhira during the Liberation War, Mar 24, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 24, 2022
  • Actor Raisul Islam Asad receives the lifetime achievement honour from Information at Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud at the National Film Awards 2020 ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove National Film Awards 2020
  • The level of pollution is increasing as various types of waste produced in Chattogram city flows directly into Karnaphuli river from the Fishery Ghat area via the Chaktai canal, before making its way into the Bay of Bengal. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman March 23, 2022
  • A National Consumer Rights Protection official checks expiry dates of various food items at importer Mawla Traders on the second floor of Gulshan Shopping Market in Dhaka on Tuesday, Mar 22, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Drive to check price, expiry date
  • Women and children return home with drinking water collected from a deep tube well set up by an NGO in Datinakhali village of Satkhira's Shyamnagar Upazila. Climate change has driven up the salinity level in the coastal area and the drinking water crisis continues to worsen. Locals are forced to walk more than four kilometres to fetch drinking water as a result. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman March 22, 2022
  • A collision with a cargo vessel damaged parts of the passenger launch ML Afsar Uddin-2 before it sank. Sunken launch pulled up
  • Imported dragon fruits sell for as much as Tk 500 a kg. However, farmers in Bangladesh grow the exotic-looking fruits. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 21, 2022
  • Mourners attend the namaz-e-janaza for former president and chief justice Shahabuddin Ahmed at the National Eidgah ground next to his longtime workplace the Supreme Court, Mar 20, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Last goodbyes for Shahabuddin Ahmed
  • March 20, 2022
  • Visitors take a tour around the “Bangabandhu and Liberation War” exhibition in Charukala’s Zainul Gallery in Dhaka University. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Liberation War sculpture exhibition
  • Imported from Thailand, this light yellow mango is called 'Thai Cookie'. The sweet-tasting fruit costs Tk 650 a kg. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Imported mangoes hit the market
  • A worker is carrying burnt bricks on his head from a brick kiln under the hot afternoon sun. Many workers have complained that the payment they receive is not commensurate with the level of work. But they continue to toil away from 4am until the afternoon in order to make ends meet. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 19, 2022
  • Loaves of bread for Shab-e-Barat are on display at Ananda Confectionary in Old Dhaka on Friday, Mar 18, 2022. Known as Fancy Breads, each loaf weighs between 1 kg and 10 kg. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Fancy bread for Shab-e-Barat
  • Activists of Garments Sramik Front demonstrate outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, Mar 18, 2022 for a number of demands, including measures to cut prices of essentials. March 18, 2022
  • Ariba Tasnim, a kid, browses a book at a stall of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair during the hour designated for children on Thursday, Mar 17, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Children's Hour on Children's Day at the book fair
  • Nation celebrating Bangabandhu’s birth anniversary
  • Brickfields tend to be busier before the monsoon as more construction work occurs during the season due to favourable weather conditions. The kilns are busy trying to meet the demand and chimneys are continuously spewing black smoke that is a major air pollutant. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 17, 2022
  • People queue up in scorching heat to purchase essentials from a TCB truck in Hatirjheel road adjacent to Dhaka’s Moghbazar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Long queues near TCB trucks
  • Damage to the Shaheed Buddhijibi Bridge in Dhaka’s Bosila has not been repaired due to a lack of proper maintenance. The poor upkeep means there is risk of a major accident on the bridge. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 16, 2022
  • ‘Arman’ aka Monir was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Kabir Hossain alias Rashed was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2022 in a case over the 2015 bombing of an Ashura event at Old Dhaka’s Hossaini Dalan. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Verdict in Hosseini Dalan bombing case
  • Delighted students play at Dhaka Adventist Pre-seminary and School in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2022, as schools return to a regular class routine for the first time in two years as the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Regular school resumes after pandemic
  • The Bangladesh Teachers Association held a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2022, to call for an 11-point list of demands including the elimination of inequalities in private and public education. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 15, 2022
  • Golam Maola Prince, of Hadisur Rahman - the crewman killed on board the vessel Banglar Shamriddhi during shelling in Ukraine, breaks down in tears upon the arrival of his brother’s body. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Family in tears as Hadisur returns home
  • Monday, Mar 14, 2022 marks the International Day of Action for Rivers. The Chitra River winds by the south-western district town of Narail. The river is named for the picturesque views on its banks, but illegal occupation of the riverside and pollution are taking their toll on its beauty. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman March 14, 2022
  • Intelligent traffic system in disrepair
  • A group protests in front of the Dhaka Rail Building on Sunday, Mar 13, 2022 to demand that the jobs of 1,889 gatekeepers hired as part of the Railway Quality Improvement Project be made permanent. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 13, 2022
  • Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, poses with the winners of an International Mother Language Day art competition organised by kidz.bdnews24.com for a photo after the awards ceremony on Saturday, Mar 12, 2022. Kidz art competition awards
  • The Dhaka University Alumni Association has held an event to celebrate its centenary at the central playground on the university campus. The event was inaugurated by Motiul Islam, the oldest living student of the university, along with the Awami League's Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif amid much fanfare. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi DU Alumni Association celebrates centenary
  • A pickup van travels along the North South Road in Old Dhaka with iron rods protruding from its back, putting the safety of other road users at risk. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 12, 2022
  • Children browse books at a stall of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair during the hour designated for them on Friday, Mar 11, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Children crowd book fair
  • The price of a single bunch of betel leaves (80 leaves) ranges from Tk 300 to Tk 400 at the bus stop market in Teknaf. Photo: Jasim Mahmud Bumper betel leaf harvest in Teknaf
  • A fresco painted on a wall near the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka depicts a protest march during the 1952 Language Movement. During the East Pakistan era, Mother Language Day had been observed on Mar 11 until 1951 to mark the successful three-day strike to demand the recognition of Bangla as the national language. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 11, 2022
  • The buildings in Old Dhaka’s North South Road have only one entry and exit point each. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Little or no space between buildings
  • The tree would look like dead from a distance, but it is not. Rather the tree has lost all its leaves. Almost all the trees in Ramna Park are now in such a state. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Trees spring new leaves
  • Workers unload soil from a large cargo vessel at a brickfield in Keraniganj’s Jajira. The soil will later be used to make bricks. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi March 10, 2022
  • Twenty-eight sailors and engineers of the vessel Banglar Samriddhi, which was stranded in Ukraine amid the war, return to Bangladesh on Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022 on a flight from Romania. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Banglar Samriddhi sailors arrive in Dhaka
  • Relatives wait for returnees at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday, Mar 09, 2022. Hundreds of people throng the airport every day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 9, 2022
  • A woman works in the Jazira brickfield in Keraniganj. Many others like her pass their days toiling in the field without expecting much in the way of apppreciation. The concept of International Women’s Day is alien to them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Equality remains a far cry for some women
  • Members of the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies' Suniti project form a human chain outside the National Museum in Shahbag to demand the rights, dignity and security of domestic workers, Mar 8, 2022. March 8, 2022
  • A Chestnut-tailed Starling known as Kaath Shalik perched on a roadside ‘Shimul’ tree enjoying honey at Hasnabad of Dhaka’s Keraniganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Flock of birds on ‘Shimul’ tree
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lays a wreath of flowers at the mural of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi Road 32 on Monday, Mar 7, 2022 to commemorate the historic speech the Father of the Nation delivered at Ramna Racecourse calling for Bangladesh’s independence on Mar 7, 1971. Photo: PID March 7, 2022
  • A fire broke out at the Bhangari Patti in Dhaka’s Bhatara on Sunday, Mar 6, 2022 and left many shops charred. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Bhangari Patti in flames
  • Customers queue up in a long line to buy products from a TCB truck at Mirpur’s Bhashantek on Sunday, Mar 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove People line up for TCB trucks
  • A Russian-made MiG-29 fighter plane takes part in an Air Force exercise. Photo: ISPR MiG-29s take part in air force drills
  • A farmer takes jute for sale to the Natuapara Market on Jamunar Char in Sirajganj's Kazipur Upazila. National Jute Day is being celebrated across the country on Sunday, Mar 3, 2022 with the slogan - 'Eco-friendly Bangladesh - a golden land of golden fibre'. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman March 6, 2022
  • The pumpkins of Arial Beel
  • Edible oil shop sealed in Dhaka
  • The Progressive Garment Workers Federation forms a human chain outside the National Press Club, demanding women-friendly, harassment-free and safe workplaces. March 5, 2022
  • Children's Hour at book fair
  • Traders bring crates full of fruits on trucks and sell them at auctions at Old Dhaka's Badamtoli. Every morning retailers in Dhaka buy fruits from this wholesale market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 4, 2022
  • Pet dogs and cats are not confined to their rooms all the time at Furryghor. The hotel for pets has accommodation for the animals to roam around. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Hotel for pets
  • Thursday, Mar 3 is World Wildlife Day. A spectacled monkey is seen perched on a tree in the Satchari National Park. The species is called a Black Hanuman by locals and goes by the English name the Phayre's leaf monkey. They are known for the distinctive round, white markings on their faces, which is why they are called ‘spectacle wearing Hanumans’. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman March 3, 2022
  • In-person classes have resumed at primary schools after one and a half months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Children attend a class at Monipur Government Primary School in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove In-person classes resume at primary schools
  • The student wing of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, or JSD, held a flag procession on the occasion of ‘flag hoisting day’ at Dhaka's Topkhana Road on Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove March 2, 2022
  • Raw fish is hung out to dry in the sun in Teknaf’s Shutki Polli, an area named after its dried fish product. Photo: Jashim Mahmud Teknaf’s dried fish
  • Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal pays homage to martyrs at the National Memorial in Savar on Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022. March 1, 2022
  • Various types of vegetables are on display at the National Vegetable Fair organised by the Department of Agricultural Extension. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Vegetable Fair in Dhaka
  • The steel grilles of a road divider from Shyamoli to Kalyanpur in Dhaka have been stolen. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Steel road divider stolen
  • A squirrel looks for food on the branch of a Palash tree at Curzon Hall on the Dhaka University campus on Feb 28, 2022. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman February 28, 2022
  • February 27, 2022
  • Massive response to mass vaccination
  • Asaduzzaman Girls High School and College authorities in Gaibandha use an abandoned building for classes and exams, putting the lives of students and teachers at risk. Rods used for the construction of the building are visible at many places as the concrete coating is peeling away. February 26, 2022
  • The graves of the victims in the 2009 BDR mutiny at the Military Graveyard in Dhaka's Banani are covered with flowers on the 13th anniversary of the massacre on Friday, Feb 25, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 13 years of Peelkhana mutiny
  • Women form long queues at the overcrowded Delpara High School centre in Narayanganj Sadar Upazila’s Kutubpur to get their COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, Feb 25, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Crowds battle for vaccination
  • Activists of Samajtantrik Chhatra Front rally in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University on Friday, Feb 25, 2022 in protest against the alleged rape of a student of Gopalganj Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibjur Rahman University of Science and Technology. February 25, 2022
  • The Jamidar mansion along with two adjacent buildings are now covered with moss while the designs on the wall are crumbing down. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Secluded Birulia Jamidar Bari
  • Agitated students block the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Gopalganj on Thursday, Feb 24, 2022, to protest the ‘gang rape’ of a student from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University of Science and Technology. February 24, 2022
  • The fire destroyed many books in Nilkhet but left some in good condition. Traders sort leftover books from the damaged ones on Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Traders look for leftover books at Nilkhet
  • Suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman flashes the victory sign after the court delivered the verdict in a bribery case against him on Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022. During a television interview, he claimed that former Anti-Corruption Commission Director Enamul Basir took Tk 4 million in bribes from him, promising that he would be given a clean sheet. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Ex-DIG Mizan, ACC’s Basir convicted
  • Ayesha Begum sells soybean oil at Tk 20 per 100 gm at the Bijoy Sarani Railway Market in Tejkunipara on Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi 100g of soybean oil at Tk 20 for the poor
  • Along with verifying vaccination cards, authorities measure the body temperature of students before letting them into Rayer Bazar High School on Tuesday, Fe 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Joy as classrooms reopen
  • A bird’s eye view of Dhaka University’s Metrorail station. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman February 22, 2022
  • Wearing a mask adorned with the Bangla alphabet, a girl and her father pay homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement at the Central Shaheed Minar on International Mother Language Day, Monday, Feb 21, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Tributes for language martyrs
  • Farmers sell melons next to the Dhaka-Nababganj regional road in the Tulshikhali area of Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 21, 2022
  • Maj Gen SM Salahuddin Islam, military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, and Maj Gen Naquib Ahmed Chowdhury, military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, place wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on behalf of the head of state and government, respectively, in the first hours of Martyrs Day on Sunday, Feb 21, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi First hours of Ekushey
  • Students clean up a replica of Shaheed Minar at Rohitpur’s Lakhirchar Govt Primary School on Sunday, Feb 20, 2022, to pay tribute to the language martyrs on the International Mother Language Day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 20, 2022
  • Author Muhammad Zafar Iqbal gives his autograph to his fans at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Saturday, Feb 19, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Fifth day of book fair
  • Sewage line repairs on the street in front of Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka have been hampering traffic for a long time. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 19, 2022
  • A view of Cattle Expo 2022 at MA Aziz Outer Stadium in Chattogram on Friday, Feb 18, 2022. Photo: Suman Babu Cattle Expo 2022
  • Adar, a kid identified by her single name, browses through an English alphabet book at a stall at the Ekushey Book Fair on Friday, Feb 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi No children's hour at book fair
  • Piers turn silver with hilsa
  • Dhaka’s Farashganj Road, the easiest way to get from Sadarghat to Postagola along the Buriganga River’s banks, is nearly impassable due to the stacks goods from Shyambazar storekeepers and the stalls put up by roadside vendors. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 18, 2022
  • Young women browse books at a stall of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka amid the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, Feb 17, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Subdued start for Ekushey Book Fair
  • The Bangabandhu National Stadium is being modernised with a budget of nearly Tk 980 million. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 17, 2022
  • The Old Dhaka betel leaf market
  • Ginger that is on the verge of spoiling is bought from the wholesale warehouses of Shyambazar Ghat in Old Dhaka and is later left to dry on the banks of the Buriganga River after cutting off the spoiled bits. Later, the ginger is sold off to low-income people at a relatively low price. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 16, 2022
  • Visitors crowd the entrance of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on its opening day on Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Preparations still on as book fair opens
  • A long line of bags stretches out from the door of Dhaka University's central library. Students queue up from very early in the morning to get in, marking their place in line using their backpacks. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman February 15, 2022
  • A look of apprehension is etched in the face of a transgender person while getting a shot of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Dhaka's central Shaheed Minar area on Monday, Feb 14, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Transgender people get COVID shots
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  • The residents of Keraniganj cross the Buriganga River by boat very early in the morning to reach the Shyambazar Ghat in Old Dhaka in search of livelihood. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 14, 2022
  • Students celebrate HSC results
  • Education Minister Dipu Moni stands with the heads of the education boards after collecting summaries of the HSC and equivalent exam results at Dhaka’s International Mother Language Institute on Sunday, Feb 13, 2022. February 13, 2022
  • Readers thronged an open library set up beside the entrance to Suhrawardy Udyan adjacent to the Raju Memorial Sculpture. More people are visiting the library now after it opened on Feb 6, says Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, a Duksu member who took the initiative. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Open library in worn-out location
  • Dhaka University’s TSC area now contains all the rickshaw paintings from the project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Real artist stays incognito
  • Residents of buildings next to Ideal School and College in Dhaka's Banasree are at risk due to the power lines and electric transformers that are right next to the building and can cause accidents. February 12, 2022
  • Last-minute preparations are ongoing on Friday, Feb 11, 2022 for the Amar Ekushey Book Fair at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Ekushey Book Fair is just around the corner
  • Many have lost their loved ones to COVID-19 as the number of deaths is rising everyday with the virus constantly changing to new variants. After the Jummah prayers, relatives visited and prayed at the Rayerbazar graveyard in Dhaka on Friday, Feb 11, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Relatives grieve in graveyard
  • February 11, 2022
  • Sultry weather is back in Dhaka
  • A man is busy arranging sweet pumpkins grown in Munshiganj’s Arial Beel at Shyambazar Ghat in Old Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Arial Beel’s pumpkins on sale
  • Children from poor families queue with grown-ups for goods sold by a dealer of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh at cheaper rates. A child leaves the queue after buying the products outside the railways ministry on Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Rush for TCB goods
  • Water contaminated by chemical waste from various industrial plants in Postgola flows into the Buriganga River. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove February 10, 2022
  • The entrance to the Balu River, a tributary of the Shitalakshya River, has become difficult to navigate because of silt build-up. Lines of vessels can be seen from the Sultana Kamal Bridge in Demra, with some passing through very slowly, while others are stuck outright. February 09, 2022
  • Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, the comptroller and auditor general, arrives at the Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge to attend the second meeting of the Election Commission search committee on Tuesday, Feb 8, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 2nd meeting of EC search committee
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