Security around Dhaka has stepped up in preparation for Independence Day on Mar 26. The photo shows searches conducted at a police checkpost in the Gulistan area of the capital on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Security around Dhaka has stepped up in preparation for Independence Day on Mar 26. The photo shows searches conducted at a police checkpost in the Gulistan area of the capital on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Security around Dhaka has stepped up in preparation for Independence Day on Mar 26. The photo shows searches conducted at a police checkpost in the Gulistan area of the capital on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Security around Dhaka has stepped up in preparation for Independence Day on Mar 26. The photo shows searches conducted at a police checkpost in the Gulistan area of the capital on Monday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Children looking to escape the intense heat revel in the cool waters of a reservoir near their homes in the Dampara Jamiatul Mosque area in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

Children looking to escape the intense heat revel in the cool waters of a reservoir near their homes in the Dampara Jamiatul Mosque area in Chattogram on Sunday. Photo: Suman Babu

The law enforcers have beefed up security at Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas, known as diplomatic district of Dhaka, ahead of Mar 26 Independence Day. This photo was taken from Gulshan on Sunday. Asif Mahmud Ove

The law enforcers have beefed up security at Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas, known as diplomatic district of Dhaka, ahead of Mar 26 Independence Day. This photo was taken from Gulshan on Sunday. Asif Mahmud Ove

Pedestrians zigzagging across the street in Dhaka's at Karwan Bazar on Sunday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Commuters faced a crisis of public transport while returning home a day after the end of a traffic discipline awareness week in Dhaka on Sunday. In this photo, people are scrambling to get on a bus at Karwan Bazar after office hours. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Pedestrians crossing the street while speedy vehicles are passing by at Mohakhali in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Pedestrians crossing the street under a footbridge with vehicles speeding past them a few metres away in Dhaka's Farmgate on Sunday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Jaywalkers running to cross the street at Farmgate in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Workers cleaning the National Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday as it is getting prepared for the people to pay their respects the Independence Day.

Workers cleaning the National Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday as it is getting prepared for the people to pay their respects the Independence Day.

Singers performing at the launch of a Sammilito Sangskritik Jote programme at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Sunday to mark the Independence Day.

Dancers performing at the launch of a Sammilito Sangskritik Jote programme at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Sunday to celebrate the Independence Day on March 26.

Law enforcers are on alert after an attack on the Chandanaish Govt Primary School polling centre during the Upazila Parishad elections on Sunday.

A woman casts her ballot in the third phase of the Upazila Parishad elections on Sunday. Voting began in 117 upazilas in 25 districts in this phase of the elections, but was later suspended at one upazila.

UN Undersecretary and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng attends a conference on the mass killings perpetrated by Pakistani troops during the 1971 Liberation War organised by The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

UN Undersecretary and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng attends a conference on the mass killings perpetrated by Pakistani troops during the 1971 Liberation War organised by The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Police have set up an impound lot on one side of the road near the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics building in Dhaka’s Agargaon for seized vehicles. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Vehicles seized by police have also been parked in front of the Govt Music College. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove