A rain-soaked girl carries a bucket of kadam flowers for sale near Dhaka University’s Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) yesterday. Regarded as a symbol of the monsoon in Bangladesh, the seasonal blooms are sold on city streets, especially at traffic lights. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Workers pass the time chatting beside idle machines at Little Star Spinning Mills Ltd in Jamgora, Savar, yesterday, as low gas pressure keeps production curtailed to 30-40 percent of capacity. Officials say the mill receives gas at only 1 to 2.4 PSI against a requirement of 10 PSI. Photo: Palash Khan