'Bengal Creative Fest-2018' began on Monday at Krishibid Institution in Dhaka. Telecoms and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar, Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman, journalist Kamal Lohani and Bengal Group Chairman Abul Khair were present at the inaugural ceremony. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

'Bengal Creative Fest-2018' began on Monday at Krishibid Institution in Dhaka. Telecoms and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar, Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman, journalist Kamal Lohani and Bengal Group Chairman Abul Khair were present at the inaugural ceremony. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Education Minister Nurul Islam Jahid joined Bishwo Shahitto Kendro's celebrations of the World Book Day in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana, arrives at Shahjalal International Airport early on Monday ending an eight-day trip to Saudi Arabia and the UK. Photo: BSS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early on Monday at the end of an eight-day trip to Saudi Arabia and the UK. Photo: BSS

Guests speak on the importance of copyright law at a seminar organised by the Copyright Office on the occasion of International World Book and Copyright Day at the National Museum in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Telecoms and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar launches a training programme for the third step of the ‘info government’ project at a Dhaka hotel on Sunday.

US-Bangla Airlines CEO Imran Asif holds a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday on the initial report by a Nepali probe on the plane crash at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

US-Bangla Airlines CEO Imran Asif holds a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday on the initial report by a Nepali probe on the plane crash at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

US-Bangla Airlines CEO Imran Asif holds a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday on the initial report by a Nepali probe on the plane crash at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Emanuela Lecchi, head of competition at GSMA, discusses a report from the international organisation on Bangladesh’s mobile phone sector at a hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Emanuela Lecchi, head of competition at GSMA, discusses a report from the international organisation on Bangladesh’s mobile phone sector at a hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The Buriganga River near Old Dhaka’s Badamtali is dark and filled with waste dumped by fruit warehouses on Saturday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The Buriganga River near Old Dhaka’s Badamtali is dark and filled with waste dumped by fruit warehouses on Saturday. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

People returning home after a long day are suddenly caught in a shower on the Buriganga River. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

A group crosses the Buriganga River on a boat lashed by rain near Dhaka’s Waiz Ghat. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman