A worker transports sacks of plastic granule in front of the desolate Wahed Mansion in Old Dhaka. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A protective shed has been installed in front of FR Tower in Banani to prevent debris from falling on commuters and vehicles. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Gulshan-1 kitchen market shopkeepers are trying to make the best out of the situation, displaying goods in the remains of their shops. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Stacks of new ledgers at a bookbinding shop in Anderkilla of Chattogram city yesterday. Every year on Pahela Baishakh (April 14), traders clear out all dues and arrears and start the new Bangla year with a fresh ledger, also known as halkhata. Despite the advent and popularity of accounting software, demand for new ledgers soar during this time of the year. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Earth on the bank of the Surma river near Shah Paran Bypass Bridge being transported to brick kilns and housing estates on a tractor-trailer yesterday. Locals have been protesting this and even formed human chains but the people removing the soil are influential and they had been threatening villagers with dire consequences. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
The UK minister of state for Asia and the pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Field, calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. Photo: BSS
