This Rahmatpur neighbourhood in Jatrabarhi's Matuail has been under knee-deep water for four months. The residents, who suffer on the streets, allege the authorities have taken no step to end the water-logging problem. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

This Rahmatpur neighbourhood in Jatrabarhi's Matuail has been under knee-deep water for four months. The residents, who suffer on the streets, allege the authorities have taken no step to end the water-logging problem. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

This Rahmatpur neighbourhood in Jatrabarhi's Matuail has been under knee-deep water for four months. The residents, who suffer on the streets, allege the authorities have taken no step to end the water-logging problem. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Dhaka University teachers express their worries at a news conference at the TSC on Tuesday over BCL men’s recent attacks on quota protesters and the university administration’s inaction against the attackers. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Dhaka University teachers express their worries at a news conference at the TSC on Tuesday over BCL men’s recent attacks on quota protesters and the university administration’s inaction against the attackers. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Xiaomi Vice-President Manu Jain announces a new journey in Bangladesh, at a press conference in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The Hindus worship the goddess Bipottarini for help in overcoming troubles on the Shukla Panchami in the month of Ashadha. Hindu women observe Bipottarini Brata on the occasion. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The Hindus worship the goddess Bipottarini for help in overcoming troubles on the Shukla Panchami in the month of Ashadha. Hindu women observe Bipottarini Brata on the occasion. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizhat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizhat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizhat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizghat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizghat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 

Hindu women releasing lamps at the Waizghat pier in the Burhiganga river at the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove 

Hindu women on their way to release lamps in the Burhiganga River by the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Hindu women on their way to release lamps in the Burhiganga River by the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Hindu women on their way to release lamps in the Burhiganga River by the end of the Bipottarini Puja on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Hindu women at the Bipottarini Puja at Shankharibazar on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain joins a discussion on the “role of the Election Commission and the government’s blueprint”, organised by Bangladesh Youth Forum on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain joins a discussion on the “role of the Election Commission and the government’s blueprint”, organised by Bangladesh Youth Forum on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks to the media at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan speaks to the media at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The work to construct a second bridge on the Shitalakkhya River at Kanchpur on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway is under way on Monday. The work is scheduled to end in December. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The work to construct a second bridge on the Shitalakkhya River at Kanchpur on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway is under way on Monday. The work is scheduled to end in December. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The work to construct a second bridge on the Shitalakkhya River at Kanchpur on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway is under way on Monday. The work is scheduled to end in December. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin