Today's Gallery (2019.09.10)

Members of the Shia community bring out Tajia processions in Dhaka on September 10, 2019, marking the holy Ashura. The photo is taken from Azimpur area of Dhaka. Photo: Prabir Das/ Star
A team of Department of Narcotics Control arrests four persons with 457 parakeets from Chapainawabganj on September 9, 2019. The birds were released today. Photo: Star/ Rabiul Hasan
Rickshaw vans laden with iron rods lumber on the wrong side of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway near the capital’s Jatrabari on Sunday. A traffic policeman (not in the photo) was standing nearby, but he did nothing to stop the three-wheeler vans, which are banned on highways. Photo: Amran Hossain
Though a rope is hung across a zebra crossing to control traffic, rickshaws and vehicles stand on the markings on a road in the capital’s Malibagh Chowdhury Para area, making it difficult for pedestrians to cross the road. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Yesterday’s heavy downpour brought back familiar monsoon scenes of Dhaka. This plastic sheet barely covers three people on a rickshaw in Shahbagh, as city-dwellers were hardly prepared for the sudden autumn rain. Photo: Rashed Shumon