Thousands of people throng the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday for a rally, organised under the banner of Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh. Leaders of the platform made several demands, including banning the Tabligh Jamaat group led by Indian preacher Saad Kandhlawi from participating in the upcoming Biswa Ijtema. Photo: Star

Vegetables and onions being packed into polythene bags on an OMS truck in violation of a countrywide ban on such bags. The Department of Agricultural Marketing conducted the OMS operation in Chattogram city’s Kaibalyadham area yesterday. The government recently launched drivers nationwide to check the production, sale, supply, and marketing of polythene. During these drives, 15 mobile courts fined 47 firms and seized 4,044 kg polythene. Photo: Rajib Raihan

Women farmhands of Latifpur in Chattogram’s Sitakunda are busy with vegetable cultivation as winter approaches. The run-up to the season is always a busy time for farmers and their helping hands as a number of popular veggies – cauliflower, cabbage, spinaches and more – grow around this time of the year. By doing this work, these women earn around Tk 600-700 per day. The photo was taken recently. PHOTO: RAJIB RAIHAN

Dhaka streets experienced severe gridlocks yesterday. However, the situation was further exacerbated due to a rally held by Ulama Mashayekh Bangladesh at the Suhrawardy Udyan. Due to the rally, traffic movement in the surrounding areas was severely disrupted. The photo was taken in the Karwan Bazar area. Photo: Prabir Das

Using banned current nets, a man catches fish from a waterbody in the Chamaura Kandi area of Sylhet Sadar upazila yesterday. These gill nets, which traps even the smallest of the fish, are damaging the ecosystems of the waterbodies throughout the country. Photo: Sheikh Nasir