The Department of Fisheries took out a parade in Dhaka on Wednesday to mark the National Fisheries Week.

The Department of Fisheries took out a parade in Dhaka on Wednesday to mark the National Fisheries Week.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir addressing a human chain organised by the Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad for the release and treatment of jailed party chief Khaleda Zia in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir addressing a human chain organised by the Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad for the release and treatment of jailed party chief Khaleda Zia in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The Communist Party of Bangladesh President Mujahidul Islam Selim speaking at an event marking the formation of Left Democratic Alliance at the Mukti Bhaban in Dhaka’s Purna Paltan on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The Communist Party of Bangladesh President Mujahidul Islam Selim speaking at an event marking the formation of Left Democratic Alliance at the Mukti Bhaban in Dhaka’s Purna Paltan on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Garment Workers’ Front staging a human-chain demonstration demanding Tk 18,000 minimum wage in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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