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RAB handing over custody of contractor GK Shamim, who identifies himself as a Jubo League leader, to Gulshan Police on Saturday following his arrest in a raid as part of the government's crackdown of illegal gambling establishments. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

September 21, 2019

RAB Media Wing Director Lt Col Sarwar Bin Kashem and Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam briefing the media after a raid on the business of SM Golam Kibria Shamim, a government contractor who identifies himself as a Jubo League leader, at Dhaka's Niketan on Friday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

September 20, 2019

Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan being taken to a court from the Gulshan Police Station for a remand-hearing on Thursday. He has been implicated in three cases under the firearms, drugs and money laundering legislation after his arrest for running an illegal casino in Fakirapool on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

September 19, 2019

An agreement is signed on Wednesday to appoint consultants for a Dhaka Power Distribution Company development project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

September 18, 2019

A Rapid Action Battalion mobile court has found expired medicines stored at the warehouse of Sylvan Trading Company in the capital's Hatirpool during a drive on Tuesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Selling tainted drugs

A worker displays textbooks at a printing press at Sutrapur in Old Dhaka. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Time for textbooks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sits in the cockpit of Biman's newly-inaugurated Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner 'Rajhangsha' at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday.

September 17, 2019

Cattle grazing on the banks of the Meghna River in Brahmanbaria's Bancharampur Upazila on Monday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

September 16, 2019

A woman crossing a broken staircase of the footbridge with her sons near the flower market at Shahbagh in Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Dangerous footbridge

Fishermen are drenched in rain as they catch fishes in the Meghna River. This photo was clicked in Munshiganj's Gazaria. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

September 15, 2019

The outfield of Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Narayanganj resembles an abandoned water body. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in a sorry state

Students call for a reduction in carbon emissions at a climate change campaign at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Call for carbon emission cut

Members of Bangladesh Scouts conduct a public awareness campaign on cleanliness organised by 'Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh' at the Kalyanpur Bus Stand in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

September 14, 2019

Candidates taking the 'Ga' unit exam for admission to Dhaka University's Faculty of Business Education on Friday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

DU admission tests begin

Passengers waiting for trains on a platform of Airport Railway Station in Dhaka amid rain on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

September 13, 2019

It is difficult to pass the main street in Section-12 of Dhaka's Mirpur without covering one's nose and mouth from dust as construction of metro rail is under way. This photo was clicked on Thursday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Made to suffer for development

Waterlogging after heavy rains brings havoc to the people at Muradpur in Chattogram on Thursday. Photo: Suman Babu

September 12, 2019

A motorist is arguing with a traffic policeman on being asked why he moved to the zebra crossing, blocking the path for pedestrians to cross the street at Gulshan-2 in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Defiant pedestrians, drivers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cutting a cake while inaugurating the Community Bank Bangladesh Limited of Police Welfare Trust through video conferencing from the Ganabhaban on Wednesday. Photo: Saiful Islam Kallol

September 11, 2019

Shia Muslims flagging off the Tazia procession from Old Dhaka's Hossaini Dalan Imambara on Tuesday to observe Ashura in remembrance of the martyrdom of the Prophet’s grandson Imam Hussain in Karbala. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Ashura procession

Shia Muslims flagging off the Tazia procession from Old Dhaka's Hossaini Dalan Imambara to mark Ashura on Tuesday amidst tight security. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

September 10, 2019

Ahead of Durga Puja, the largest festival for Hindus in Bangladesh, a craftsman is busy building idols of the goddess in Dhaka’s Banglabazar on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Preparing for Durga Puja

TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman speaks during the launch of a report titled 'Ways to overcome obstacles for good governance in registration and services sector of land documents' at the MIDAS Centre in Dhaka on Monday.

September 09, 2019

Catkins or phragmite grass flowers which have bloomed by the end of the Bengali month of Bhadra on the fields of Dhaka's Aftabnagar draw crowds every day. This photo was clicked on Sunday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

September 08, 2019

Water lilies collected from Arial Beel in Munshiganj are kept in bundles on a boat. Each bundle of 52 water lilies will be up for sale at Tk 15-20. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Arial Beel’s water lily

The Dhaka North City Corporation installs a mobile toilet for slum-dwelling women in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

September 07, 2019

Artistes of Satyen Sen Shilpi Goshthhi performing a dance sequence at a programme to celebrate Sharat or autumn at Bakultala of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts on Friday.

Autumn celebrations

A group of teachers of institutions under the government’s MPO scheme in Dhaka demonstrating outside the National Press Club in the capital demanding transfer to their home districts. The protesters say they get Tk 1,000 as house rent per month, with which it is impossible to pay the landlords of the capital.

September 06, 2019

The hawkers illegally occupy half of the road, leaving narrow space for traffic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Half of the road after walkways encroached

Raushon Ershad attends a media briefing at her residence on Thursday amid the ongoing rift over the leadership of the party. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

September 05, 2019

The U-loop in Dhaka's Rampura is out of bounds for vehicles pulled by humans, but school van pullers breach the rule every day. This photo of a man pulling a school van while the boys are pushing it to help him was clicked on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Boys pushing school van

Volunteers displaying a pack of Bashanti sanitary napkins produced by Bidyanondo Foundation. A pack of the napkins is up for sale at Tk 5. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Sanitary napkins for Tk 5

Diplomats from the US, UK and some other countries emerging from a meeting with Jatiya Oikya Front leaders, including Dr Kamal Hossain, at the residence of BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan in Dhaka’s Gulshan.

September 04, 2019

Activists of Naripokkho, a women's rights platform, forming a human chain to raise public awareness on rape and sexual abuse in the capital's Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

September 03, 2019

Salma Begum along with her husband is operating a fruit shop at Korail slum in the Dhaka’s Mohakhali area for last four years. She spends more than half of a day at the shop, allowing her husband to engage in other works. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Women workers at Korail slum

Dhaka North City Corporation demolishes an illegal building on the corner of a park in Mohammadpur's Taj Mahal Road on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Uproar over eviction drive

A physician checks a patient's condition during a healthcare campaign at Korail slum in the capital's Mohakhali area on Sunday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Healthcare campaign at Korail slum

Parts of two illegal buildings were demolished by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority or BIWTA during an eviction drive on the banks of the Buriganga River at Kholamora Ghat in Kamrangirchar in Januray. The debris from the structures has yet to be removed. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

September 01, 2019

The colour of water in the Banani Lake of Dhaka has turned into blue due to pollution from waste materials dumped into the water-body. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Banani Lake losing colour

Stagnant water in the artificial fountains, as seen on Dhaka’s Manik Miah Avenue on Saturday, is a potential breeding ground for Aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue virus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 31, 2019

Boys jumping in the Buriganga river from a dredging pipe at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Water fun

The mother of Ishraq Ahmed, a Bangladeshi student of McGill University in Canada who went missing from Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Aug 26 in 2017, cries as she holds a photo of her son at a discussion in the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Remembering the 'forcibly disappeared'

Children's organisation Khelaghar organised a discussion at the Asiatic Society in Dhaka on Friday marking the National Mourning Day. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 30, 2019

Women are also among those known as typical jaywalkers in Dhaka who sneak through narrow gaps between buses to cross street. This photo was taken at Paltan on Thursday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Reckless driving continues

The dwellers of a slum near Chalantika bend in Dhaka's Mirpur Section-7 have been staying under the open sky for 13 days after losing everything in blaze that ravaged hundreds of shanties. This photo was clicked on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 29, 2019

The Dhaka-Narayanganj train moving on the tracks in the capital's Jurain Railgate on Wednesday amid debris after hundreds of illegally built shops are demolished in an eviction drive. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Railways land recovered

Transparency International, Bangladesh or TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman speaking at the publication of its research report Parliament Watch on the 10th national parliament in Dhaka on Wednesday.

August 28, 2019

The grave of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, next to the Dhaka University Central Mosque, is covered with wreaths on his 43rd death anniversary on Tuesday.

Tribute to Kazi Nazrul Islam

Worn-out vehicles long abandoned in front of the Social Services Department and the social welfare ministry in Tejgaon are potential breeding grounds for Aedes mosquitoes amid a massive dengue outbreak across Bangladesh. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 27, 2019

The hog plums are being washed with water in a dish or plastic bowl to give them a fresh look. However, the purity of the water is also questionable. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Amra (hog plum) sale in unhygienic environment

Officials of the Bangladesh-India joint steering committee on power address the media after a high level meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

August 26, 2019

Haji Lal Mia Lane at North Muradpur in Dhaka's Kadamtali can be mistaken for anything from a water body to garbage dumping site. This horrible condition for the residents of the area due to waterlogging has been continuing for around three years. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Waterlogged for 3 years

Students scamper across the busy Mirpur-10 intersection in Dhaka with vehicles whizzing by them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Students disregarding road risks

A group of students demonstrating at the alter of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Sunday demanding permanent rules to launch separate supplementary tests in all academic years for the science faculties.

August 25, 2019

Sculptures on Airport Road in Dhaka portray Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic speech on Mar 7, 1971. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Liberation War sculptures

The mortal remains of Prof Mozzaffar Ahmad are placed at the Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday, with many politicians calling his death the end of an era. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Final farewell to Prof Mozzaffar

A bus crushes after falling into a ditch from a bridge on the Dhaka-Faridpur Highway in Faridpur’s Dhulodi, killing at least eight people and injuring 20 others on Saturday.

August 24, 2019

Protesters form a human chain to demand justice for the murder of Asma Akter in a train compartment in Dhaka.

August 23, 2019

Stagnant water on the Sarkar Bari’s Eidgah ground almost touches the windows of Muradpur Adarsha High School. Mosquitoes breed in the filthy water. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

School premises turn mosquito breeding place

The slum-dwellers are spending the night pulling the mosquito nets on the open floors of their shanties destroyed by Friday’s devastating fire. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Chalantika slum-dwellers living under the open sky

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sits in the cockpit of Biman’s newly-inaugurated Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, ‘Gaangchil’. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

August 22, 2019

Several victims, including women, wounded in the Aug 21, 2004 grenade attack place wreaths at a monument at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka remembering those killed in the carnage on Wednesday, the 15th anniversary of the massacre. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Remembering Aug 21 attack victims

Stagnant water in big holes created on a playground at Shahjahanpur Railway Colony in Dhaka when it was turned into a cattle market before Eid-ul-Azha has become bleeding grounds of mosquitoes amid a massive dengue outbreak across Bangladesh. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Playground turns mosquito breeding place

A member of a homeless family using a mosquito net even in daytime on a playground at Shahjahanpur Railway Colony in Dhaka to save himself from mosquito bite amid a dengue outbreak across Bangladesh. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 21, 2019

DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam takes part in an event to launch a campaign to annihilate Aedes larvae. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

‘Combing operation’ to combat dengue menace

A motorcycle rider has been killed and another injured when a bus veered out of control and ploughed into the stationary vehicle while descending a flyover in Chattogram's Postarpar. Photo: Suman Babu

August 20, 2019

Workers loading a truck bound for a tannery with rawhides preserved with salt at a warehouse in Old Dhaka's Posta on Monday morning. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Rawhide trade starts

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen greeting India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on his arrival at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on a three-day trip on Monday.

August 19, 2019

Relatives waiting in long queues for results of tests on patients, mostly with dengue fever, at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Dengue scenario at Suhrawardy Hospital

Residents of Chalantika slum in Dhaka's Mirpur, now homeless after a devastating fire on Friday, receiving food being distributed by local public representatives on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Mirpur slum dwellers go homeless

The elevated way for metro rail is visible from Mirpur Section 10 roundabout to Section 11 in Dhaka. This photo was clicked on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

August 18, 2019

Three playgrounds in Old Dhaka’s Gandaria are yet to be fit for the children to play on Saturday, days after the grounds were used as cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 17, 2019

Slum dwellers join members of the Fire Service and Civil Defence in their efforts to put out a fire that destroyed hundreds of shanties at Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Mirpur slum goes up in flames

One or two tanneries are buying rawhide of cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha this year, but not like they did after the festival in previous years. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

No rush in tanneries in high season

Passengers who have returned to Dhaka after celebrating Eid-ul-Azha with their families and relatives back home getting off buses in Shyamoli Technical area on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Holidaymakers returning to Dhaka

A group of crows swoop down on a squirrel as it gets off a tree in search of food in wastes in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 16, 2019

Patients with dengue fever lie inside mosquito nets in the Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. The number of new patients has started to rise again after a drop during Eid holidays.

Dengue cases on the rise after Eid

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pay their respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 on his 44th death anniversary on Thursday. Photo: Saiful Islam Kallol

Remembering the founding father

A worker carrying rawhides after applying salt out of a warehouse in Dhaka's Posta. These will be transported to tanneries. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 15, 2019

Blood-stained water streaming down a street in old Dhaka's Bangshal area amid rains on Wednesday, two days after Eid-ul-Azha.

August 14, 2019

Workers applying salt on rawhides for preservation at Posta in Old Dhaka on Tuesday, a day after the Eid. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Preserving hides after Eid slaughtering

Visitors crowded outside the giraffe cage at Dhaka zoo in Mirpur on Tuesday, a day after the Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Eid holidaymakers at Dhaka zoo

Holidaymakers suffered while returning to Dhaka as speedboat and launch operations were suspended on the Kathalbari-Shimulia route due to inclement weather on Tuesday, a day after the Eid-ul-Azha.

August 13, 2019

'Ayra', a toddler undergoing treatment for dengue fever at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital, playing with her elder brother on the Eid day. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Down with dengue, Eid in hospitals

Muslims hugging and greeting each other after offering prayers at Eid-ul-Azha congregation at the National Eidgah ground on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Congregation at Eidgah

Worshippers praying at the second Eid-ul-Azha congregation at Baitul Mukarram on Monday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Eid congregation at Baitul Mukarram

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an event at the Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Monday to exchange greetings on Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: PID

August 12, 2019

A trader from Manikganj's Singair gets emotional as he sells his cow, raised for a year, for Tk 100,000 at Gabtoli Cattle Market in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

August 11, 2019

Cattle are not always easy to take home. People struggle to handle cattle bought from markets set up for Eid-ul-Azha in Dhaka before the festival of Muslims. This photo was taken in Gabtoli area on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Taking Eid cattle home

Residents of Dhaka are leaving the capital to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their loved ones. Many are risking their lives by riding on the roofs of trains due to overcrowded carriages. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Eid travels on train rooftops

Some buses packed with Eid holidaymakers were leaving Dhaka over 12 hours behind schedule on Saturday afternoon. Transporters said traffic congestions on highways delayed the return of the buses from other districts. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 10, 2019

Long knives used for slaughtering cattle are being sold between Tk 500 and Tk 1,200 at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Blacksmiths busy before Eid

Trading gets lively at Gabtoli Cattle Market on weekly holiday Friday before Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 09, 2019

A bird's eye view of the wholesale jute market at Ghior in Manikganj. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Market of golden fibre in Manikganj

Hours of incessant rain at the end of monsoon left many areas of Dhaka inundated. The photos were taken at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka on Thursday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 08, 2019

A little child with her family is on the way to home to celebrate the Eid. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Mass exodus for Eid begins

A boatman transporting people across a pond just behind the Bangladesh Bank building in the commercial hub Motijheel in Dhaka. It costs only Tk 2 to travel to Dakkhin Kamalapur by boat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

August 07, 2019

Traders have started bringing cattle to be sold for Eid-ul-Azha at Gabtali cattle market in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Eid cattle market at Gabtali

Doctors recommend drinking more liquid for dengue patients. Traders in Dhaka have raised green coconut prices from Tk 40-50 to Tk 80-90 each to make the most of the outbreak. This photo was taken in front of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

August 06, 2019

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection conducted an operation at a superstore at Gulshan-2 in Dhaka for ripping customers off with the price of mosquito repellent cream amid a dengue outbreak on Monday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Drive over mosquito repellent price-gouging

A woman of Chakma community joined the event at Dhaka’s Central Shaheed Minar. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

World Indigenous Day 2019

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection conducted drive at a sweets shop at Gulshan-2 in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

August 05, 2019

A cow of a local breed at Samarai Cattle Farm at Hatirjheel in Dhaka is on sale for Tk 1.2 million. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Preparing Eid cattle

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries or FBCCI organised an event to discuss measures to combat dengue at the Federation Building at Motijheel in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

August 04, 2019

Dengue has sparked panic among people as the mosquito-borne viral disease is stalking Bangladesh. It has also ignited debates. The two mayors of Dhaka joined Toufique Imrose Khalidi LIVE on the outbreak of the disease on Saturday.

August 03, 2019

Traders offloading cattle from a boat at Postogola Crematorium Pier in Dhaka on the bank of the Buriganga, where a makeshift market of sacrificial animals has been set up ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Eid cattle market at Postogola

People flocked to the Kamalapur Railway Station on Friday for tickets on the last day of advance sales ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

August 02, 2019

Police escorting Aminul Haque Sarker, the prime accused in a case over Jahalom fiasco, to the Anti-Corruption Commission offices from jail in Dhaka on Thursday. Wrongly identified by the ACC, Jahalom had spent years in jail.

August 01, 2019

Most of the patients receiving treatment in this ward of Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka have been diagnosed with dengue amid an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

July 31, 2019

People at the flood-affected Chilmari Upazila in Kurigram have been living on the rail tracks since last month. The photo was taken from the coastal region in the Upazila on Tuesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Shelter on railroad

Workers of Dhaka City Corporation sprayed mosquito repellents at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation or BFDC area amid the outbreak of dengue on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

July 30, 2019

The long wait is over—her smile says it all. This woman has secured tickets to her desired destination for Eid. This photo was taken at Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station on Monday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Early Eid train tickets

Water gathered under a flyover at Jurain in Dhaka has become a breeding ground of mosquito. This photo was taken on Monday amid a dengue outbreak.

July 29, 2019

Mainul Islam, a first-year student of the Dhaka University's Bangla department, having his lunch inside a mosquito net at the SM Hall's veranda as death of one of the students after contracting dengue has sparked panic on the campus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Fears of dengue at DU hall

The activists of Muktijuddho Mancha’s Dhaka University chapter torched effigies of the health minister and two city mayors on Sunday as part of their demonstration against controversial remarks by the three on dengue fever.

July 28, 2019

A platform of lawyers pushing for the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and ‘restoration of democracy’ organised a human-chain programme outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday.

July 27, 2019

People seeking advance bus tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha crowd Gabtoli Bus Terminal on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Advance bus tickets

A doctor attending to a child down with fever at the Shishu Hospital's emergency department on Friday amid a dengue outbreak in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

July 26, 2019

Nurses at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital are rending to a patient who has caught dengue fever. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

July 25, 2019

Passengers suffered on Wednesday during a strike by water transport workers over an 11-point charter of demand. This photo was taken from Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

July 24, 2019

A Dhaka court sends suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to jail in a bribery case on Tuesday.

July 23, 2019

The number of patients afflicted with the mosquito-borne dengue virus is on the rise in Dhaka and its surrounding areas. A special ward for dengue patients have thus been opened in several private and public hospitals in the capital. This photo was taken in Dhaka's Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

July 22, 2019

Dhaka University students demonstrated at the VC Square on Sunday demanding cancellation of its affiliation with seven colleges. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Demo at DU

Igloo organised a traffic awareness campaign at Dhaka's Shahbagh on Sunday to mark International Ice-Cream Day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

July 21, 2019

The number of dragon fruit orchards is increasing in Joydebpur's Boldha area in Gazipur as demand escalates. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Dragon fruit

A group of youth formed a human chain in front of the residence of Priya Saha in Dhaka on Saturday, in a protest against her controversial remarks to US President Donald Trump about alleged persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

July 20, 2019

Dhaka North City Corporation took out a procession on Manik Miah Avenue on Friday to raise awareness among the citizens about mosquito-borne disease dengue. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

July 19, 2019

A boat market for people of the low-lying areas of Dhaka sits every Thursday during monsoon on the bank of the Balu river at Kayetpara Bazar in Nasirabad. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Boat market in Dhaka