Three young flower sellers girls pose with their tuberose garlands, all smiles for the camera, after this photographer obliged to their request for a picture. The photo was taken recently at Hatirjheel. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Two men cover their nose to avoid breathing polluted air near Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital yesterday. A part of the road was dug up for laying cables and sewer pipes underground. Air pollution remains a serious threat to public health in the city as Dhaka’s air quality was ranked the third worst in the world in the Air Quality Index yesterday morning. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Masks on and legs up -- two students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute replace handshakes with a feet bump, careful not to spread any germs when greeting each other. Photo: Prabir Das
Meanwhile, amid price hike of masks in many shops following the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, Khukumoni Somaj Kollan Songstha, a charitable organisation, is making masks with fabric, which they distributed for free to passers-by at Farmgate overbridge. Photo: Palash Khan
Although health authorities say those who aren’t ill don’t require masks, people are still using them from caution, as evident from passengers of all ages wearing masks at Airport Railway Station yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
