Vehicles wade through water on the street at Taltola in Sylhet during flash floods. Photo: Akhlas Uddin

Vehicles wade through water on the street at Taltola in Sylhet during flash floods. Photo: Akhlas Uddin

Elephants are always kept shackled inside a fenced area at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Amid the oppressive heat, the shackled elephants outside the shed have no option but to stay in the sunlight. They try to cool themselves off by spraying water on their body from a tank. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Elephants are always kept shackled inside a fenced area at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Amid the oppressive heat, the shackled elephants outside the shed have no option but to stay in the sunlight. They try to cool themselves off by spraying water on their body from a tank. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Emus drink water at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur amid the searing summer heat. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A worker feeds giraffes at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A peacock dances, spreading its tail feathers, at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of the Urdu-Speaking People’s Youth Rehabilitation Movement march carrying Bangladesh’s national flag in Dhaka’s Mirpur-11 demanding citizenship and the right to vote on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A worker with a traditional towel wrapped around his head for protection from sunlight pushes a wheelbarrow in Dhaka's Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A sweating rickshaw-puller wipes his face in Dhaka’s Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A woman on a rickshaw holds an umbrella to protect her baby from scorching summer sunlight in Dhaka's Bangshal on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A rickshaw-puller wipes sweats from his face in Dhaka’s Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A dog takes a dip into the mud of the river Buriganga in Dhaka to beat the summer heat on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

People use boats as the streets of Companiganj in Sylhet go under the water due to flash floods after incessant rains.

People use boats as the streets of Companiganj in Sylhet go under the water due to flash floods after incessant rains.

A student holds a placard during an awareness campaign to control sound pollution in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Leaflets are distributed among people during an awareness campaign to control sound pollution in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A member of Bangladesh Scouts uses a loud-hailer during an awareness campaign to control sound pollution in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The Department of Environment and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority conduct a mobile court drive to control sound pollution in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Pedestrians are having to maintain caution while walking on Mohakhali’s AK Khandaker Road as internet and satellite connection cables hang dangerously around them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi