Some of those protesting the cancellation of appointment of assistant teachers to primary schools fell ill after police blasted water canons at them to disperse the demonstrators who took position to block Shahbagh Intersection on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some of those protesting the cancellation of appointment of assistant teachers to primary schools fell ill after police blasted water canons at them to disperse the demonstrators who took position to block Shahbagh Intersection on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A protesting woman is seen lying on the street after police used water canons to disperse protesters demanding the reinstatement of cancelled appointment for primary school assistant teacher during a sit-in demonstration at Shahbagh Intersection on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A parrot flaps around a flower with the arrival of Spring in the air at Chattogram’s Kazir Dewri area on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Sumon Babu
A squirrel enjoys the blooming of a flower with the arrival of Spring in the air at Chattogram’s Kazir Dewri area on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Sumon Babu
Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus examines an electric chair in a former torture centre in Dhaka’s Agargaon. Photo: PID
Many of the rooms used as secret detention centres were stripped of their incriminating remnants after Aug 5, 2024. Photo: PID
Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus speaks with individuals who endured detention and torture inside Ayna Ghor. Photo: PID
BRTA Executive Magistrate Shamim Ara conducts a mobile court set up at Dhaka’s Rampura Bridge on Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025. She says 10 mobile courts like this have been set up across Dhaka to restore order to the traffic situation in the capital. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A BRTA mobile court inspects the papers of different buses at Dhaka’s Rampura Bridge on Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025.
BRTA Executive Magistrate Shamim Ara conducts a mobile court set up at Dhaka’s Rampura Bridge on Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025. She says 10 mobile courts like this have been set up across Dhaka to restore order to the traffic situation in the capital. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Small scars carved into the walls—likely by a prisoner keeping count of the days—are visible inside a former secret detention facility. Photo: PID
A dua [Islamic prayer] remains inscribed on the wall of one of the secret detention centres. Photo: PID
Police try to disperse protesting job seekers demanding the reinstatement of cancelled appointment for primary school assistant teacher at Shahbagh Intersection on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Police try to disperse protesting job seekers demanding the reinstatement of cancelled appointment for primary school assistant teacher at Shahbagh Intersection on Thursday, Feb 13, 2025. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi