An HSC examinee runs to her exam hall at Viquarunnesa Noon School and College in the pouring rain 20 minutes after the test began on April 1, 2015. The sudden rain in Dhaka triggered a citywide traffic mess causing many examinees to reach the exam halls late. Photo: Amran Hossain
Students of Panchthita Govt Primary School in Dupchanchia of Bogra have their classes in the open as their mud-built school house collapsed last month.Photo: Star
Law enforcers stand guard at the gate of Sayed Hatem Ali College in Barisal while HSC exams were being held inside on April 1, 2015. The tests are going ahead amid the nationwide hartal called by the BNP-led alliance. Photo: Arif Rahman
A combination of white and red is a quick reminder that Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year and Banglaees' largest cultural festival, is around the corner. With people from all walks of life preparing to celebrate it on April 14, small traders get their occasional businesses rolling, like the one man here on the capital's Gulshan Avenue, who is trying to sell a children's sari to a rickshaw-puller on April 1, 2015. Photo: Palash Khan
