Devotees take out a procession pulling a chariot carrying the idol of Lord Jagannath in the capital’s Dayaganj area. Ratha Yatra is one of the major festivals of the Hindus.
Photo: Prabir Das
A woman walks through waist-deep water to return home after collecting drinking water from a tubewell some miles away on a higher land in Uria Char of Gaibandha’s Phulchhari upazila recently. Around 65,000 families have been marooned due to floods caused by the swelling of the Brahmaputra, which is currently flowing 70cm above the danger level. Stories on page 5.
PHOTO: MOSTAFA SHOBUJ
