Workers sit idle at a factory in the Ruhitpur BSCIC Industrial Estate in Dhaka’s Keraniganj as frequent and prolonged power outages severely disrupt production. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Children sit atop tables as ankle-deep water fills a classroom at Madhabkati Bilpatiala Government Primary School in Khulna’s Dumuria yesterday. With the Sholmari river being clogged by silt, the school remains waterlogged for much of the year, even in winter. The Daily Star reported the problem at least twice last year. Photo: Habibur Rahman

Farmers swim through the shallow water of a canal while transporting split betel nut tree trunks on a banana-tree raft in the Pansha area of Barishal’s Babuganj upazila yesterday. The trunks are used as pillars for rural houses, roof frames, window bars, and walkways over ditches and ponds. PHOTO: TITU DAS