Women take part in a traditional boat race organised on the Babur Khal in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara to celebrate Vishwakarma Puja on Tuesday.

A traditional boat race is organised on the Babur Khal on Gopalganj’s Kotalipara to celebrate Vishwakarma Puja on Tuesday.

BNP-allied lawyers march towards the Secretariat from the Supreme Court on Tuesday demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Police obstruct a march forward to the Secretariat staged by the BNP-allied lawyers demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Bangladesh General Student Rights Protection Council rallies on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday, demanding an immediate gazette on quota reforms to government jobs and protesting the publication of the 40th BCS circular.

Environment and Forests Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud speaks on a report on the environmental impacts of the Rohingya crisis, jointly launched by the UNDP and the UN Women in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

A faction of discontented Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, who were excluded from the new committee of the student wing of ruling Awami League, stages a demonstration by setting fire to the Chattagram College Gate Road on Tuesday. Photo: Suman Babu

A faction of discontented Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, who were excluded from the new committee of the student wing of ruling Awami League, stages a demonstration by setting fire to the Chattagram College Gate Road on Tuesday. Photo: Suman Babu

Vehicles and pedestrians ignore the no-stoppage sign at the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in Dhaka’s Tikatuli. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Vehicles and pedestrians ignore the no-stoppage sign at the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in Dhaka’s Tikatuli. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Dhaka Metropolitan Police chief Md Asaduzzaman Mia inspects Old Dhaka’s Hussaini Dalan, a religious site for Shia Muslims, on Tuesday to monitor the security situation ahead of Ashura.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police chief Md Asaduzzaman Mia talks to the media after visiting Old Dhaka’s Hussaini Dalan, a religious site for Shia Muslims, on Tuesday ahead of Ashura.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee calls upon the government, political parties and the Election Commission to work for a peaceful national election, at a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Tuesday.