The Karwan Bazar kitchen market was deserted on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022, as the rain kept customers away. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

After days of scorching heat, Dhaka experienced rain on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022. Fruit sellers cover their goods with polythene sheets to save those from the rain. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A rickshaw puller wraps a polythene sheet around him in a bid to stave off the rain on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man loads a rickshaw with the goods he brought from Karwan Bazar amid the pouring rain on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

With the advent of Eid-ul-Azha, onion prices started to skyrocket. On Thursday, 5kg of onions were sold at Tk 230 to 240 at the Karwan Bazar wholesale market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Onions were sold at Tk 46 to Tk 48 per kg at Karwan Bazar market on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Traders at Karwan Bazar brought truckloads of ginger from Shyambazar to sell for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Workers are busy offloading the truck on Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A health worker collects a sample for COVID-19 testing at Dhaka's Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka amid a recent uptick in cases, Jun 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A health worker performs a nasal swab test on a woman at Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka amid a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, Jun 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

COVID-19 testing is increasing at Dhaka's Suhrawardy Hospital, with more than 200 samples being submitted daily amid a recent uptick in infections, Jun 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People arrive at Dhaka's Suhrawardy Hospital to get tested for COVID-19 amid an increase in cases, Jun 28, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A specimen is being collected for COVID-19 testing at Dhaka's Suhrawardy Hospital amid a recent spike in coronavirus infections, Jun 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

An Awami League delegation of six leaders discusses the use of electronic voting machines or EVMs in the next parliamentary polls and their technical sides with the Election Commission in the final phase of talks on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022.

An Awami League delegation of six leaders discusses the use of electronic voting machines or EVMs in the next parliamentary polls and their technical sides with the Election Commission in the final phase of talks on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022.

Teachers and students of Dhaka University demonstrate at the altar of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022 against the attacks on teachers in Narail and Savar.

A relative holds a file over a patient's head for cover from the scorching heat at the Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka, Jun 28, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Directorate General of Health Services launches a campaign to administer oral cholera vaccines in five areas of Dhaka that are facing a diarrhoea outbreak. A child is receiving the vaccine at a centre in Mirpur on Monday, Jun 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Directorate General of Health Services is administering oral cholera vaccines to people from all age groups in five diarrhoea-prone areas of Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove