A large number of shoppers seen crowding close together at the fish market below Buriganga Bridge-2 in Adanagar area of South Keraniganj. Amid a countrywide surge in coronavirus cases and deaths, traders and shoppers alike are neither maintaining social distancing nor wearing masks. The photo was taken yesterday morning. Photo: Palash Khan
Thomas Hawladar, a schoolteacher, was supposed to be in a classroom now. Instead, he is out in the open selling vegetables on a rickshaw van to support his family of five. His income has dropped significantly since the pandemic hit the country last year. The photo was taken in the capital’s Mohghbazar on Thursday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Leaning against her luggage, Salma Begum, 85, takes a nap in front of the ticket counter of Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday. Unaware of the suspension of train communications, she went to the station from the city’s Bashabo area to catch a train for Sylhet. Photo: Star
