A woman is busy crafting decorative clay items, including plates, pottery, elephants, horses and other figures, ahead of Pahela Baishakh celebrations across the country. She sends finished products to a showroom just outside her family home to maintain a continuous display. The photo was taken at Dumuri village in Rajshahi yesterday. Photo: Azahar Uddin

A long line of cargo trucks and trailers clogging a busy intersection at the Naya Bazar Biswa Road area in Chattogram city yesterday. Due to the ongoing fuel crisis, the vehicles have to spend hours in queues, causing delays in goods transport and widespread suffering. Photo: Rajib Raihan

A mobile public toilet, specifically for people queuing to purchase fuel at filling stations, stands near the Prime Minister’s Office in the capital’s Tejgaon area yesterday. The Dhaka City Corporation’s initiative to ease long waits for fuel is likely to gain traction in the coming days. Photo: Prabir Das