At the Jamdani Saree market in Narayanganj’s Rupganj, shopkeepers showing some of their wares to Subarna Rahman Soma, who went there from Uttara to stock up on the traditional attires for her online business early yesterday. The market has returned to life after two years of slow business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It opens every Thursday from midnight and the jamdanis, ranging from Tk 4,000 to Tk 20,000, are usually sold out within two to three hours. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Residents of Agargaon’s Cumilla slum in the capital collecting water from a leaking Wasa pipe on the side of the road near the National Archive Building yesterday. The slum’s dwellers have been facing a water crisis for the past several days. Photo: Palash Khan
