Hindu devotees throng the Patenga sea beach in Chattogram on Friday to bid goodbye to the goddess Durga through immersion of her idols. Photo: Suman Babu

Hindu devotees bidding adieu to the goddess Durga through immersion of her idols at the Patenga sea beach in Chattogram on Friday. Photo: Suman Babu

Hindu devotees bidding goodbye to the goddess Durga through immersion of her idols in the Burhiganga River in Dhaka's Waizghat pier on Friday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Idols of the goddess Durga are brought to the Waizghat pier in Dhaka for immersion in the Burhiganga river to bring the curtains down on the Durga Puja festival on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Huge crowds of people line the bank of the Burhiganga River in Dhaka's Waizghat on Friday to watch immersion of idols of the goddess Durga, marking the end of the largest festival of the Hindus in Bangladesh on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Idols of the goddess Durga are brought to the Waizghat pier in Dhaka for immersion in the Burhiganga river to bring the curtains down on the Durga Puja festival on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Political, social and cultural organisations paying their last tributes to singer-guitarist Ayub Bachchu at the Central Shaheed Minar on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Thousands of fans paying their last tributes to Ayub Bachchu, who popularised rock mucic in Bangladesh, at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The mortal remains of Ayub Bachchu is being taken to the National Eidgah ground from the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka for Namaz-e-Janaza on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Thousands of people take part in the Namaz-e-Janaza for legendary singer-guitarist Ayub Bachchu at the National Eidgah ground on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Namaz-e-Janaza for rock legend Ayub Bachchu being held at the National Eidgah ground on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Hindu devotees marking each other with sindoor or vermillion at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Friday as they prepare to bid adieu to the goddess Durga for immersion in the river on Maha Dashami.

Hindu devotees marking each other with sindoor or vermillion at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Friday as they prepare to bid adieu to the goddess Durga for immersion in the river on Maha Dashami.

Hindu devotees marking each other with sindoor or vermillion at the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka on Friday as they prepare to bid adieu to the goddess Durga for immersion in the river on Maha Dashami.

A boat teeming with coconuts is anchored at the Old Dhaka's Badamtali Ghat on Friday. These coconuts from Barishal are destined for the wholesale stores in Shyambazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A boat teeming with coconuts is anchored at the Old Dhaka's Badamtali Ghat on Friday. These coconuts from Barishal are destined for the wholesale stores in Shyambazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Mainul Hosein, a former adviser to the military-controlled caretaker government and a sponsor of the Jatiya Oikya Front alliance, smiles as he arrives for a meeting between the Front and Dhaka-based foreign diplomats at a hotel in the capital on Thursday.

Jatiya Oikya Front alliance leaders Dr Kamal Hossain and ASM Abdur Rab arrive for a meeting with Dhaka-based foreign diplomats at a hotel in the capital on Thursday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gestures as he arrives for a meeting with Dhaka-based foreign diplomats at a hotel in the capital on Thursday.