Today's Gallery (2021.04.20)

With no masks, let alone physical distancing, a number of teens hangout on a footbridge in Azimpur in the capital yesterday. The country recorded a record 112 Covid deaths in 24 hours yesterday but many seem to care little about health guidelines. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
People of all ages sitting in front of the “Bhalo Kaajer Khabar Hotel” near Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital. Run by school-going children scattered all across Dhaka, who dream of doing good for the nation through their own expenses, the hotel has been distributing free food to the poor and will be doing so throughout the holy month of Ramadan during this pandemic. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
The Mayor Hanif flyover in the capital’s Jatrabari area is usually teeming with vehicles. However, it has been almost empty since a “lockdown” was enforced by the government from April 14 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The photo was taken yesterday afternoon. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
People broke a section of a barricade installed by police to enforce the nationwide “lockdown” to curb the spread of Covid-19 and went on the pavement to travel to their destinations. The photo was taken at Lama Bazar in Sylhet city yesterday afternoon. Photo: Sheikh Nasir