As many as 353 beds for COVID-19 patients are being set up at the BSMMU Convention Centre - 80 on the ground floor, 120 on the first and 153 on the second. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Construction workers set up the COVID-19 hospital at BSMMU Convention Centre on Monday, Jul 26, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The beds on all the floors of the COVID-19 hospital at BSMMU Convention Centre will be connected to a central oxygen supply. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The COVID-19 hospital at BSMMU Convention Centre is being set up under the supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Workers are putting oxygen pipes in position with every bed connecting to a central oxygen supply in the COVID-19 hospital at BSMMU Convention Centre. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

All is quiet at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka amid the lockdown as the COVID-19 situation worsens across the country. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

A handful of security personnel guard the ticket counters at the almost deserted Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka on Monday, Jul 26, 2021 amid a coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Ticket counters at Kamalapur Railway Station are closed as train services are suspended amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The entrance to the main platform of Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka is closed as train services are suspended amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

A view of the deserted platforms at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka as train services are suspended amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

A view of the deserted platforms at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka as train services are suspended amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

An intercity train stands still on the tracks at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station which is closed due to the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

A view of the deserted platforms at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka as train services are suspended amid the lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The demolition of the BGMEA Bhaban constructed illegally on a water body at Hatirjheel in Dhaka is almost complete. The work to tear down the building, decried as a cancer in the Hatirjheel project, began in January 2020 following a High Court order. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The demolition of the BGMEA Bhaban constructed illegally on a water body at Hatirjheel in Dhaka is almost complete. The work to tear down the building, decried as a cancer in the Hatirjheel project, began in January 2020 following a High Court order. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The number of rickshaws and cars in Dhaka’s Motijheel increased on Sunday, Jul 25, 2021, the third day of a strict coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A long tailback of vehicles was created at a police check-post on Mirpur Road in Dhaka’s College Gate on Sunday, Jul 25, 2021, the third day of a strict coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Policemen controlled traffic on Mirpur Road in Dhaka’s College Gate on Sunday, Jul 25, 2021, the third day of a strict coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove