Bicycle shops in Chattogram’s New Market area have completely occupied the footpath. The bikes are even hung from bamboo poles to attract customers. Pedestrians are forced to use the busy streets instead. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan

The largest fish-drying village in Bangladesh sits on the Dublar Char, a small island on the edge of the Bay of Bengal bordering the Sundarbans. Around 70 nautical miles from the nearest urban area, the char draws fishermen from all around the country, with around 25,000 people engaged in fishing and drying for six months every year. The dried fish, later sold as the popular delicacy “shutki”, are bought by wholesalers at an average price of Tk 500–700 per kilogram. The photo was taken recently. PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN

A customer checks a blanket at a vendor’s stall on the sidewalk near Baitul Mukarram Mosque in the capital yesterday. Hawkers there are selling winter clothes and blankets, both new and old, priced between Tk 500 and Tk 3,000. With temperatures dropping in recent days, Dhaka has begun to feel the season’s first chill. Photo: Rashed Shumon