A small kingfisher is trapped in a gill net, set up along a vegetable field, in Rangpur city’s Damdama area yesterday. Locals said farmers use such traps to keep birds, cattle, and poultry away from their plants and crops. Growers free the birds and animals from traps later. However, some birds get hurt or die. Photo: Kongkon Karmakar
Growers bring in boat loads of pineapples to Samataghat in Rangamati and sell those to traders at wholesale prices. The fruit produced in the hills are much sought after across the country and fetch good prices. The photo was taken recently. Photo:
Anvil Chakma
Pile caps and piers of the Trimohoni bridge on the Balu river are visible as the water body has dried up in the capital’s Khilgaon area. The water has also become dark due to pollution. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Two workers wash plastic bags, already used by nearby factories for packing chemicals, in the Dhaleshwari river near Savar Bank Town, polluting the water body. Traders buy the bags from the factories and clean those for sale. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Palash Khan
Just a year ago, this bangle seller at Dhaka University area would have been surrounded by students, who would stand there for ages, contemplating on which coloured bangles to take home. Then the pandemic arrived and the students left, but the seller remains at the same place. With next to no sales, she resorts to taking a nap, now surrounded by her baskets full of bangles. Photo: Prabir Das
An artisan puts finishing touches on idols of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and education. With Saraswati puja a little less than a week away, the artisans at Bagdia village under Barishal’s Bakerganj Upazila are spending busy days. Photo: Titu Das
