The Chhatra League attends the Awami League’s procession following a meeting over communal harmony in front of the party office on Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Jubo League, an associate organisation of the Awami League, attends a procession on Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 to protest attacks on Hindu temples. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Awami League takes out a procession on Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 to protest attacks on Hindu temples and puja venues around the country. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Awami League held a meeting over communal harmony in front of the party office at Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 to protest attacks on temples and puja venues around the country.

The Awami League takes out a procession on Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 to protest attacks on Hindu temples and puja venues around the country. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Passengers on a pickup truck used plastic covers to protect themselves from the rain on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Heavy downpour waterlogs an area in front of Dhaka’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. People struggled to reach the hospital on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021.

Different organisations held meetings and took out processions in the capital on Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021, calling for efforts to prevent communal violence. Protests disrupted traffic in parts of the city, including the Moghbazar-Tejgaon Flyover. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of the ISKCON at Swamibag Ashram protested recent attacks against Hindu temples and puja venues by blocking Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection on Monday, October 18, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Protesters occupy the Shahbagh intersection on Monday, Oct 18, 2021, in protest of attacks on Hindu temples and pandals around the country during Durga Puja. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Protesters blocked Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection over the attacks on temples and other places of worship around the country, causing misery to people who were on their way to nearby hospitals for treatment on Monday, Oct 18, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Protesters occupy the Shahbagh intersection on Monday, Oct 18, 2021, in protest of attacks on Hindu temples and pandals around the country during Durga Puja. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Rain cooled down the weather and brought relief to the people on Monday, Oct 18, 2021 after a spell of sweltering heat in the city. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Motorcycle riders and pedestrians take shelter from the rain under bus stop shades on Monday, Oct 18, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The Left Democratic Alliance held protests over the hike in prices of daily necessities at Dhaka’s Purana Paltan intersection on Monday, Oct 18, 2021.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins the award ceremony on Sheikh Russel Day 2021 via video conferencing from Ganabhaban on Monday, Oct 18, 2021. She unveiled two books dedicated to the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the programme on his 57th birth anniversary. Photo: PMO