Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) workers draw boxes with white paint on Gulistan streets to designate hawker spots and ensure space for pedestrians. The photo was taken on Shaheed Abrar Fahad Avenue. File photo: Palash Khan

An elderly farmer is drying paddy on the bridge over the Mohashing river in the Joykolosh area of the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway as the sun comes through after days of rain. With most fields and drying grounds still waterlogged, farmers are being forced to use any available space to save their harvest. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Sheikh Nasir

Vehicles struggle through thick mud at the Boalia canal stretch of the Shimna-Brahmanbaria road, where delays in a key bridge project have left approaches nearly impassable. The section regularly traps traffic, causing long jams and severe suffering for commuters between Brahmanbaria town and Bijoynagar upazila. The photo was taken recently. PHOTO: MASUK HRIDOY

A Mro woman with her children digs into the rocky bed of the Matamuhuri River in Shindu Mukh Para of Alikadam upazila in Bandarban recently to collect drinking water. Heavy rains have muddied most sources, forcing families in the community to carve basins in the stone where filtered water seeps through -- a stark sign of the ongoing shortage of clean water. Photo: Orchid Chakma

A Mro woman with her children digs into the rocky bed of the Matamuhuri River in Shindu Mukh Para of Alikadam upazila in Bandarban recently to collect drinking water. Heavy rains have muddied most sources, forcing families in the community to carve basins in the stone where filtered water seeps through -- a stark sign of the ongoing shortage of clean water. Photo: Orchid Chakma

Thick black smoke billows as a truck is torched by agitated locals in Rajshahi’s Puthiya upazila yesterday after a tailor, Akkas Ali, was struck and killed by the vehicle while crossing the Dhaka‑Rajshahi Highway. Locals blocked the highway for around two hours, during which this truck, along with another, was set ablaze. Police later arrived and brought the situation under control. Photo: Azahar Uddin