Shabana had received the national award as best actress several times in the past. She has now received a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to the Bangla film industry on Monday. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

Bangla film hero Shakib Khan receives the best actor award. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

Joya Ahsan smiles as she is awarded as the best actress by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

Winners of National Film Award 2015 receive trophies from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

Winners of National Film Award 2015 receive trophies from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

Winners of the National Film Award 2015 come together for photographs with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other guests of the ceremony held in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Yeasin Kabir Joy

The waiting room of the Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College is submerged in rainwater on Monday. Photo: suman babu

Health services suffer as rainwater submerges the Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College. Photo: suman babu

A man sits in a shop at Khatunganj flooded by rainwater while the city experienced heavy downpour on Monday. Photo: suman babu

The wholesale market of Khatunganj is flooded after heavy rains. Photo: suman babu

Health services suffer as rainwater submerges the Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College. Photo: suman babu

A perilous passage for vehicles wading through waist-deep water at Agrabad's Beparipara. Photo: suman babu

The wholesale market of Khatunganj is flooded after heavy rains. Photo: suman babu

A man in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari looks at a road that began eroding five days after it was its construction was completed.

Muslim pilgrims line up to board a Biman Bangladesh aircraft at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport on Monday, as passengers of this year's first Hajj flight to Saudi Arabia.

Religious Affairs Minister Motiur Rahman speaks to an elderly pilgrim headed to Saudi Arabia on Biman's first Hajj flight this year.

Religious Affairs Minister Motiur Rahman, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon pray with pilgrims before they head to Saudi Arabia on this year's first Hajj flight.

The first Hajj flight of 2017 took off Monday carrying 418 pilgrims. A total of 127,198 Bangladeshi pilgrims are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia this year.

The first Hajj flight of 2017 took off Monday carrying 418 pilgrims. A total of 127,198 Bangladeshi pilgrims are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia this year.

Civil Aviation Rashed Khan Menon and Religious Affairs Minister Matiur Rahman at a media briefing at Dhaka airport on Monday after the first Hajj flight left.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chairs a cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday. Photo: Saiful Islam Kallol

Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman speaks at a programme for releasing a report on climate goals at Dhanmondi's MIDAS Centre on Monday. Photo: abdul mannan

Students of other grades in RAJUK Uttara Model College join the celebration of the institution's achievement in the HSC exams. Photo: tanvir ahammed

A student breaks down in tears after failing to secure her expected results at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Sunday. Photo: asaduzzaman pramanik

Friends try to console a classmate who broke down in tears after finding her results unsatisfactory at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College. Photo: asaduzzaman pramanik