BEATING THE HEAT… Looking to cool off after toiling away under the hot sun all day, a weary rickshaw puller splashes water on his face from a roadside faucet near Tikatuli intersection yesterday. According to the weather department, there is a good chance of rain on Monday, which may offer some respite from the unrelenting heatwave sweeping the nation. Photo: Anisur Rahman

File photo of an eviction drive in January, during which some 200 illegal structures were removed by the Bangladesh Railway authorities. Photo: Rashed Shumon

Despite a recent eviction drive against encroachers, makeshift kitchen markets have once again sprung up along both sides of the railway tracks in the capital’s Malibagh area. Photo: Rashed Shumon

Unregistered battery-run rickshaws kept at a field next to Mansurabad Police Lines in Chattogram city after they were seized for plying major roads. Law enforcers have been conducting drives against such vehicles across the port city since the start of this month. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan