A woman checking a wood-burning stove, made out of cement, outside a shop in Dhaka’s Dholaipar yesterday. Traders say sales of these stoves have gone up recently due to a gas crisis in parts of the city. People, particularly from low-income families, are buying this product for Tk 500 to Tk 700 each.
Photo: Anisur Rahman
As the service hours of the metro rail’s Agargaon-Motijheel section have been extended till 8:40pm from yesterday onwards, the number of commuters increased significantly with many jobholders using the metro to get home after work. The photo was taken from the Farmgate area around 8:00pm. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
Shakib Al Hasan wears a wry smile while Tamim Iqbal looks stonefaced as they shake hands at the end of a Bangladesh Premier League match between Rangpur Riders and Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The frosty relationship between two of the best cricketers of the country has provided for ample news fodder in the past few months and may yet continue as Tamim, captain of winners Fortune Barishal, said after the match that there was no exchange of words between them during or after the match.
Photo: FIROZ AHMED
