Exhausted by the scorching summer heat, a green coconut vendor, instead of selling refreshing coconut water to thirsty pedestrians, takes a nap on his rickshaw van in front of Sir Salimullah Hall at Dhaka University in the capital. A heat wave is sweeping across the country and is likely to continue for a few more days, according to the Met Office. The photo was taken around 2:00pm on April 11, 2016. Photo: STAR/ Anisur Rahman
A crumpled rickshaw after being rammed by a bus from behind, in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Reckless driving by bus drivers is a major cause of accidents, but there has been barely any step to control it. Photo: Prabir Das
Workers loading seized jatka (hilsa fry) onto a truck in Chittagong city. A mobile team, with the assistance of Rab and fisheries department officials, seized around 9.5 tonnes of jatka from eight cold storages in the port city's Fishery Ghat area yesterday. Photo: Star
