Lying on a pavement, a protestor recreates the scene of a “shootout” incident during a demonstration in front of TSC at Dhaka University yesterday. Drik, a multimedia organisation, staged the protest and an exhibition on the occasion of its 31st founding anniversary demanding an end to extrajudicial killings in the country. However, it could not finish the exhibition due to other scheduled programmes there. Rights groups blame law enforcement agencies for killing people in so-called “gunfights” between them and alleged criminals. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Standing in front of stumps fashioned from bits of sidewalk that are under construction, a young batsman is about to hit a ball in a game of street cricket in front of Tejgaon Adarsha School and College in the capital yesterday. Due to closure of schools since mid March amid the coronavirus pandemic, students of this school have not had access to the playground, but ensured that their games would not be sacrificed, even though face masks apparently were. Photo: Prabir Das
A woman standing near the precipice of an eroded bank in Manikganj’s Harirampur upazila. The previous day, her house had fallen into the Padma river as a result of erosion. It is the fourth house she has lost because of such reason in the last 30 years. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Palash Khan
Farmers bring vegetable seedlings to Chakhar bazar for sale by boats along a canal in Barishal’s Banaripara upazila yesterday. Carrying the seedlings by boats help growers keep the seedlings fresh. Seedlings of bottle gourd, papaya, bitter gourd, bombay chilli and other vegetables were selling for Tk 5 to Tk 25 each. Photo: Titu Das
Tired and exhausted after waiting for hours, women sit in a queue outside the capital’s Mugda General Hospital to give samples for Covid-19 testing. Photo: Anisur Rahman
people line up without maintaining social distancing. The photos were taken around 8:00am yesterday, about an hour before the start of sample collection. Photo: Anisur Rahman
