A mother helps her son drink from a bowl using a straw as he sits under a mosquito net at Mugda Hospital in Dhaka. The child has contracted dengue amid a nationwide surge in cases that has left most dengue wards filled to capacity.
Photo: Palash Khan
Children’s faces light up with joy as they see cartoon-like murals created by students of Rajshahi University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. The murals depict scenes from the city’s heritage, blending both urban and rural life. They were painted on the walls at the entrance gate of the city protection embankment. The photo was taken recently.
Photo: Azahar Uddin
A woman and a child carefully make their way across a dug-up street in the capital’s Gopibagh area, where the Dhaka South City Corporation is carrying out sewerage pipeline installation work. Residents say the slow progress is making daily life extremely difficult. The photo was taken recently.
PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
Covering themselves with polythene sheets to shield against the rain, women farmers plant Aman seedlings in Barshapara village of Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila yesterday. Across the Barind region, farmers are busy cultivating Aman paddy, which flourishes in the monsoon.
Photo: Azahar Uddin
