Police cordon off a five-storey building at Shekherchar in Narsingdi where militants are believed to be holed up. Photo: Obaidur Masum

Police surround the entire Shekherchar area in Narsingdi where militants are believed to be holed up. Photo: Obaidur Masum

Police surround an area in Madhabdee Municipality in Narsingdi as they prepare to raid a suspected militant hideout. Photo: Obaidur Masum

The Puja venue at Banani in Dhaka is bedecked with lights on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A view of goddess Durga's idol at a Puja venue in Dhaka's Banani on Maha Sasthi on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Hindu devotees worshipping goddess Durga on Maha Sasthi at Banani in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Hindu devotees worshipping goddess Durga on Maha Sasthi at Banani in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A worker at a balloon factory in Keraniganj’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A worker splashes paint on balloons at Keraniganj’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A worker at a balloon factory in Keraniganj’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Coloured balloons are sundried at Keraniganj’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The Editors’ Council holds a rare human chain demonstration in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday to call for amendments to nine sections of the controversial Digital Security Act. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The Editors’ Council holds a rare human chain demonstration in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday to call for amendments to nine sections of the controversial Digital Security Act. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

An organisation for people with visual disabilities holds a procession in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday to mark White Cane Safety Day.

An organisation for people with visual disabilities holds a procession in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday to mark White Cane Safety Day.

Winter vegetables, such as the cabbage, have begun arriving in Dhaka markets, including Shyambazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Owners halted bus service on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway after the Hanif Paribahan coutner at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat Bridge area was locked, causing suffering to commuters. The photo was taken in the Shah Amanat Bridge area on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

Owners halted bus service on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway after the Hanif Paribahan coutner at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat Bridge area was locked, causing suffering to commuters. The photo was taken in the Shah Amanat Bridge area on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

Owners halted bus service on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway after the Hanif Paribahan coutner at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat Bridge area was locked, causing suffering to commuters. The photo was taken in the Shah Amanat Bridge area on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

Deutsche Welle Chief Editor Ines Pohl speaks at a discussion on “Migration -- Challenges and Approaches in the East and the West” at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, organised by Deutsche Welle on Saturday. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman

Deutsche Welle Chief Editor Ines Pohl speaks at a discussion on “Migration -- Challenges and Approaches in the East and the West” at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, organised by Deutsche Welle on Saturday. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman

bdnews24.com’s Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi speaks at a discussion on “Migration -- Challenges and Approaches in the East and the West” at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, organised by Deutsche Welle on Saturday. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman

Deutsche Welle’s head of Asia Debarati Guha speaks at a discussion on “Migration -- Challenges and Approaches in the East and the West” at Pan pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, organised by Deutsche Welle on Saturday. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman