Workers use the traditional method of drying paddy at a barn near the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

A worker is paid Tk 8,000 monthly for working in a barn, next to the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. The workers there have migrated from Burimari in Lalmonirhat. Photo: tanvir ahammed

BRRI-29, a variety of Boro rice, is sundried at a barn next to the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

Barn workers live next to the ground where they dry paddy. Photo: tanvir ahammed

BRRI-29, a variety of Boro rice, is sundried at a barn next to the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

(From left to right) Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority consultant Munir Hasan, Maya Apa founding CEO Ivy Huq Russell, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood, and State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak at the programme titled 'Social Media Parade' on internet safety at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood speaks at the programme titled 'Social Media Parade' on the internet safety at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak speaks at the programme titled 'Social Media Parade' on internet safety at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

Maya Apa founding CEO Ivy Huq Russell speaks at the programme titled 'Social Media Parade' on internet safety at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

bdnews24.com Head of Current Affairs and Editorial Policy Coordinator Gazi Nasiruddin Ahmed joins the programme titled 'Social Media Parade' on the internet safety at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Monday through a video call. Photo: asif mahmud ove

Police club a Chhatra League procession at Chittagong College on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Police club a Chhatra League procession at Chittagong College on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Police chase away Chhatra League members who took out a procession against a rival faction at Chittagong College on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Police chase away Chhatra League members who took out a procession against a rival faction at Chittagong College on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Chhatra League members carry weapons as they form a procession during their clash with a rival faction of the organisation at Chittagong College on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Bangladesh Chhatra Union takes out a procession demanding elections to the Dhaka University Central Student's Union or DUCSU on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

Bangladesh Chhatra Union holds a demonstration outside the office of Dhaka University's vice-chancellor to demand elections for Dhaka University Central Student's Union or DUCSU on Monday. Photo: asif mahmud ove

Vehicles are seen changing lanes in Kuchiamara on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

A battery-driven rickshaw flouts the law to travel on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

An engine-driven three-wheeler 'Nosimon' uses the Dhaka-Mawa Highway in open disregard for traffic rules. Photo: tanvir ahammed

A battery-driven rickshaw flouts the law to travel on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

Vehicles are seen changing lanes in Kuchiamara on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway. Photo: tanvir ahammed

An autistic woman's child, born on the side of a road at Chittagong's Patenga, is put in the custody of Ward Councillor couple Jainal Abedin and Shahnoor Begum on Sunday. Photo: suman babu

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Nasrul Hamid attends the Joy Bangla Youth Award at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Sunday. Photo: md asaduzzaman pramanik

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Nasrul Hamid attends the Joy Bangla Youth Award at Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Sunday. Photo: md asaduzzaman pramanik