A woman cooks on a kerosene stove at the kitchen shared by several families in the capital’s South Mugda yesterday. Residents of the area have been using gas stoves for only about three hours a day for the last one and a half months because of low pressure of gas. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Sand traders have encroached on the Gomoti river just beside the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Daudkandi upazila. Loading and unloading of sand in the area have significantly narrowed the river at this point. The photo was taken a couple of days ago. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Children fishing in the shallow water of a trench, dug to carry water from the nearby Dhaki river to paddy fields for irrigation in Khona village of Khulna’s Dakop upazila. Small fish like tengra, bele enter the trench with water flowing from the river during high tide. The photo was taken on Wednesday. Photo: Habibur Rahman
