Workers sort polythene sheets for drying before recycling in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Workers sort polythene sheets for drying before recycling in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Shakib Al Hasan sells street food at his father’s makeshift shop during rains on the bank of the Buriganga river in Old Dhaka on Sep 26, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Shakib Al Hasan sells street food at his father’s makeshift shop during rains on the bank of the Buriganga river in Old Dhaka on Sep 26, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Sample collection begins at the COVID-19 test centre for overseas air passengers at the DNCC Market at 8 am. Health workers say they work until at least 8 pm. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A Bangladeshi expatriate from Germany takes a photo of a poster containing information at the COVID-19 test centre for overseas air passengers in Dhaka’s DNCC Market on Sep 26, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Seven out of the 17 kiosks to collect samples were open at the COVID-19 test centre for overseas air passengers in Dhaka’s DNCC Market on Sep 26, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Rakib Hossain, a medical technologist at the COVID-19 test centre for overseas air passengers in Dhaka’s DNCC Market, says it takes at least five hours to deliver the results. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A health worker takes swabs from an overseas air passenger at the COVID-19 test centre for overseas air passengers in Dhaka’s DNCC Market on Sep 26, 2020. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A group of activists organised a human-chain protest in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Sep 26, 2020 against the rapes of women in the Chattogram Hill Tracts and Sylhet MC College, and the murder of a college girl in Dhaka’s Savar.

A group of activists organised a human-chain protest in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Sep 26, 2020 against the rapes of women in the Chattogram Hill Tracts and Sylhet MC College, and the murder of a college girl in Dhaka’s Savar.

Bangladeshi migrants based in Saudi Arabia line up outside the office of Saudia, the national carrier of the Gulf state, to buy air tickets to return to their country of employment, Sept 26, 2020. Large swathes of stranded migrants have begun returning to the Middle East after concerns over their visa and residence permit amid the pandemic were recently resolved.

Bangladeshi migrants based in Saudi Arabia line up outside the office of Saudia, the national carrier of the Gulf state, to buy air tickets to return to their country of employment, Sept 26, 2020. Large swathes of stranded migrants have begun returning to the Middle East after concerns over their visa and residence permit amid the pandemic were recently resolved.

Bangladeshi migrants based in Saudi Arabia line up outside the office of Saudia, the national carrier of the Gulf state, to buy air tickets to return to their country of employment, Sept 26, 2020. Large swathes of stranded migrants have begun returning to the Middle East after concerns over their visa and residence permit amid the pandemic were recently resolved.

Snake-charming in the bazaar once was the main occupation of the Bede. Now the male river gypsies make a living from fishing while the women hawk clothes or utensils. Rupa Begum, a Bede woman, is no exception. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

With no wardrobe, the Bede usually keep their clothes hanging from the ceiling of their boats. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Uzani Begum is sorting out clothes on her boat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Sirajul Islam has been selling lace ribbons for 20 years. Among the Bede at Taltola Bazar, he is the only person who ekes out a living in this trade. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Rupa Begum is combing her daughter’s hair on their boat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi