A potter paints the finishing touches on fruit, bird, and animal-shaped crafts to be sold at traditional Pahela Baishakh fairs across all nine upazilas in Brahmanbaria. The photo was taken at Paulpara in Bholachong village of Nabinagar upazila yesterday. Photo: Masuk Hridoy

Chakma community members float flowers placed on banana leaves on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati in observance of their annual Phool Biju festivities. Hill communities in the region mark the start of the Biju festival, two days before their New Year, by floating flowers on water bodies across the Chittagong Hill Tracts in honour of Goddess Ganga. The photo was taken yesterday morning. Photo: Orchid Chakma