Shamsunnahar came to Sonali Bank’s Tejgaon branch around 10:00am yesterday to collect her old-age allowance. She submitted all her documents upon reaching there but was found empty-handed even at 1:00pm. As the bank was overloaded with service seekers, many elderly people had to wait for long, agonising hours to receive their allowances. Almost none of them wore a face mask to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Since floodwaters broke the Sunamganj-Tahirpur road, motorcyclists have been forced to carry their vehicles on boats to cross the area. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
the road in front of the police super’s office in Sunamganj got inundated after the area was hit by flash floods triggered by heavy rain and upstream water. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Police and the members of leftist alliance Pragatishil Shangathan face off at Zero Point near the health ministry yesterday. The left activists had gone there to lay siege to the ministry building to protest the corruption in the healthcare system, which is being increasingly exposed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. PHOTO: Firoz Ahmed
