Exhausted, a migrant worker dozes off near a gate of a terminal at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:30am yesterday. He along with the others, seen in the photo, had been waiting there since Sunday night to catch a flight to Saudi Arabia at 7:00pm yesterday. They reached the airport early due to the weeklong restrictions on transport and public movement imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19. The flight left on schedule. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
A man crosses the street unlawfully through a gap in the divider with a handful of shopping bags. To make movement “easier”, locals near Shantinagar’s Habibullah College broke two bars of the guard rails. Taking advantage of this, many people now opt to cross the road through the gap risking their lives.
PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
The wholesale market under the second Buriganga bridge on Mitford Road’s Babubazar is full of hand sanitizers and masks for sale as the demands for such products have increased with the rising Covid-19 infection rate. Taking advantage of this, salesmen have increased the prices of masks and sanitizers. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
People were seen queued up in front of a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck at Abdul Gani Road in the capital, buying groceries at a fair price amid a week of shutdown. But many had their masks below their noses, and social distancing was a forgone concept. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
Despite all the government health directions, attendants of a stall at the book fair, who regularly come into close proximity with customers, can be seen without face-masks. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
The official instructing visitors to maintain health guidelines is wearing his mask incorrectly. The photos were taken yesterday as the fair remained open despite the lockdown. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
