Both roads through Bangabandhu Square in Gulistan were entirely gridlocked for hours yesterday afternoon, mostly due to a huge number of buses, many of which were headed outside the capital. Footpaths lined with hawkers, rickshaws being driven haphazardly and scores of jaywalkers only worsened the situation. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN

Traffic police in the capital’s Shantinagar using a rope to stop vehicles, especially rickshaws, from getting on the zebra crossing while waiting for the signal to turn green. More often than not, cars and rickshaws that stop for the red light stand right on the crossing, leaving no space for people to cross the road safely. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: PRABIR DAS

Homes have been flattened in Pagla of Sunamganj’s Shantiganj upazila after a nor’wester accompanied by hail ripped through the area around 10:00pm on Sunday. Many affected are now living under the open sky. Photo: Collected

Shoppers looking at saris at a shop on Dhaka’s Bailey Road yesterday. With the Eid just over a week away, sales of saris and other attires have picked up. Photo: Prabir Das