UNICEF has named National Film Award-winning actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim as its Goodwill Ambassador to Bangladesh. The actress formally signed the contract at a hotel in Dhaka on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

UNICEF has named National Film Award-winning actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim as its Goodwill Ambassador to Bangladesh. The actress formally signed the contract at a hotel in Dhaka on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday, May 19, 2022 sentenced three people, including two brothers of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha, to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Among the convicts, Abdul Mannan aka Monai and Abdul Aziz aka Habul were present in the court but Abdul Matin was absconding. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday, May 19, 2022 sentenced three people of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. One of the convicts, Abdul Mannan aka Monai, is taken from the court to jail after the verdict. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Defence lawyers speak to the media after the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday, May 19, 2022 sentenced three people, including two brothers of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha, to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

It took six hours for a crane to remove a covered van overturned in an accident on Dhaka's Bijoy Sarani, a key road, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The accident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, caused heavy congestion and serious difficulties for commuters on the last day of the work week. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Vehicles wade through water on the street at Taltola in Sylhet during flash floods. Photo: Akhlas Uddin

Vehicles wade through water on the street at Taltola in Sylhet during flash floods. Photo: Akhlas Uddin

Elephants are always kept shackled inside a fenced area at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Amid the oppressive heat, the shackled elephants outside the shed have no option but to stay in the sunlight. They try to cool themselves off by spraying water on their body from a tank. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Elephants are always kept shackled inside a fenced area at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Amid the oppressive heat, the shackled elephants outside the shed have no option but to stay in the sunlight. They try to cool themselves off by spraying water on their body from a tank. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Emus drink water at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur amid the searing summer heat. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A worker feeds giraffes at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A peacock dances, spreading its tail feathers, at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of the Urdu-Speaking People’s Youth Rehabilitation Movement march carrying Bangladesh’s national flag in Dhaka’s Mirpur-11 demanding citizenship and the right to vote on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A worker with a traditional towel wrapped around his head for protection from sunlight pushes a wheelbarrow in Dhaka's Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A sweating rickshaw-puller wipes his face in Dhaka’s Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A woman on a rickshaw holds an umbrella to protect her baby from scorching summer sunlight in Dhaka's Bangshal on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A rickshaw-puller wipes sweats from his face in Dhaka’s Bangshal amid the sizzling summer heat. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A dog takes a dip into the mud of the river Buriganga in Dhaka to beat the summer heat on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

People use boats as the streets of Companiganj in Sylhet go under the water due to flash floods after incessant rains.