Neither the sellers nor the buyers at a makeshift market of masks and gloves under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka maintain physical distancing. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Traders are selling 50 masks at Tk 190 at Babubazar in Old Dhaka where the price was Tk 750 a few days ago when the coronavirus outbreak began. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A customer wearing a mask buys masks under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka while the trader uses it on his chin without covering his moutth and nose. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Uncovered masks are on display at a makeshift market under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A cobweb of internet and TV cables next to Dhaka Stock Exchange in Motijheel. Dhaka South City Corporation has promised to free the part of the capital from such tangled wires within December, 2020. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A cobweb of internet and TV cables next to Dhaka Stock Exchange in Motijheel. Dhaka South City Corporation has promised to free the part of the capital from such tangled wires within December, 2020. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Worshippers with face mask attend prayers to mark Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Hindus observe Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, with prayers for salvation from the socio-economic crisis wrought by the global coronavirus pandemic at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader joins the celebration of Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, organised by Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka via a video conference to convey Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s greetings on the occasion on Tuesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A worshipper with face mask attends prayers to mark Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The 'Segunbagicha' canal in Dhaka's Maniknagar is fully clogged by garbage, especially polythene and plastic material. The thick cover of trash leads to waterlogging even during spells of light showers. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The 'Segunbagicha' canal in Dhaka's Maniknagar is fully clogged by garbage, especially polythene and plastic material. The thick cover of trash leads to waterlogging even during spells of light showers. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The 'Segunbagicha' canal in Dhaka's Maniknagar is filled with garbage. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The family have opened a condolence book at the home of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Dhaka's Uttara after his death in police fire at a Cox's Bazar check-point.

Khandaker Nurul Afser, the chairman of Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Welfare Association. spoke at a press conference at the home of Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Dhaka's Uttara on Monday demanding swift trial over the killing of the retired army major in police fire at a check-point in Cox's Bazar.

Nasima Akhter, the mother of Sinha Md Rashed Khan, spoke at a press conference at his home in Dhaka's Uttara on Monday demanding justice for the killing of the retired army major in police fire at a check-point in Cox's Bazar.

The body of Bangladeshi music legend Alauddin Ali was brought to the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka on Monday after his death on Sunday following a long battle with cancer. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Colleagues and well-wishers paid last respects to Alauddin Ali, the legendary composer who worked as music director in many blockbusters, by placing wreaths on his body at the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A Namaz-e-Janaza of Bangladeshi music legend Alauddin Ali was held at the Film Development Corporation in Dhaka on Monday after his death on Sunday following a long battle with cancer. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Major projects such as the construction of a third terminal Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport are in full swing even though some workers were infected with the coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Major projects such as the construction of a third terminal Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport are in full swing even though some workers were infected with the coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A resident Birulia village taking his goats for feeding amid floods in Savar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A part of the road linking the entrance of Birulia village with Savar’s Birulia Bridge has been submerged. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Rising water of the Turag river has flooded a number of homes at Birulia’s Pipulia in Savar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

‘Swapan’, a resident of Birulia’s Pipulia in Savar, making bed while his elder son ‘Sujon’ is washing furniture with water in their partially submerged home amid floods. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi