A battery‑run autorickshaw is seen on the busy Dhaka‑Aricha highway near Aminbazar in Savar despite restrictions on slow‑moving vehicles. Their presence alongside high‑speed traffic heightens the risk of serious accidents. Photo: Palash Khan

Teams of farmers work to strip fibres from retted jute and clean them before drying in Natore’s Gurudaspur upazila recently. Across the district, farmers are busy with a bumper jute harvest. The landscape is dotted with jute at every stage of processing, from harvesting and retting to stripping fibres in canals and drying them in the sun. PHOTO: AZAHAR UDDIN