Once a week in the Bangla month of Chaitra, people of different ages in Dhamrai upazila go fishing in various waterbodies. This is not their profession, but only a hobby and they do it as part of a long tradition. Photo: Palash Khan
In this photo taken yesterday from Hemayetpur in Savar, gleeful locals are showing off their catch. Photo: Palash Khan
Photo: Palash Khan
Ignoring oncoming traffic, a youth along with a school girl darts across Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital yesterday. Such risky crossings often claim lives on the busy road. Still, many prefer jaywalking to using the footbridge nearby. Photo: Prabir Das
Shanties being reconstructed at Elias Mollah Slum in the capital's Mirpur yesterday. A devastating fire on March 12 burned down majority of the shanties there. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Piled up branches of a damaged tree that was felled after the fire. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A woman sits in a makeshift shelter. Photo: Rashed Shumon
The slum after the fire last week. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A portion of 100 maunds of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches or 26 centimetres in length) seized by naval police from the river Meghna in Baushia area of Hizla upazila in Barisal yesterday. Fourteen people were also detained and later released after the hilsa fries were auctioned off for Tk 2.07 lakh in the presence of the upazila nirbahi officer. Photo: Collected
