A re-excavated canal, known as Mora Posur, gets a new lease of life. Seven such canals, including this one, were re-excavated in Betaga union of Bagerhat’s Fakirhat. Now farmers are getting irrigation water from them. The photo was taken in Betaga village recently.
Photo: Collected
A rickshaw-puller, sweating profusely, takes a passenger to his destination in the scorching summer heat. The low-income people are the worst sufferers due to the ongoing heatwave, as they have to toil under the sweltering sun to make ends meet. The photo was taken in the High Court area in the capital.
Photo: Amran Hossain
The traffic (north) division of Chattogram Metropolitan Police has drawn on the asphalt where a bus must stop to pick up passengers in the port city’s Sholosahar Gate-2 area. People are seen in this photo taken on Sunday getting on a bus that stopped on the middle lane.
Photo: Rajib Raihan
Customers check out rechargeable fans at a shop in the capital’s Baitul Mukarram market yesterday. With the city experiencing frequent power cuts amid the searing heat, demand for rechargeable fans has surged, leading to rise in their prices by at least Tk 100 each.
Photo: Amran Hossain
