March 4, 2022

Traders bring crates full of fruits on trucks and sell them at auctions at Old Dhaka's Badamtoli. Every morning retailers in Dhaka buy fruits from this wholesale market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Traders bring crates full of fruits on trucks and sell them at auctions at Old Dhaka's Badamtoli. Every morning retailers in Dhaka buy fruits from this wholesale market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Traders bring crates full of fruits on trucks and sell them at auctions at Old Dhaka's Badamtoli. Every morning retailers in Dhaka buy fruits from this wholesale market. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Researchers bring devices to Tantibazar in Old Dhaka for a survey to measure levels of sound and air pollution in Dhaka South on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Although it was a weekly holiday with thinner traffic, a device detects a high level of sound pollution at Tantibazar in Old Dhaka on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Researchers bring a device to measure the level of air pollution at Tantibazar in Old Dhaka on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Researchers bring devices to the Zero Point near the Secretariat in Dhaka for a survey to measure levels of sound and air pollution in Dhaka South on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Rashtro Songskar Andolan, a group of activists seeking reforms, organises a rally to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Rashtro Songskar Andolan, a group of activists seeking reforms, organises a rally to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at Shahbagh in Dhaka on Friday, Mar 4, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Gana Odhikar Parishad activists block the streets of Kakrail to protest against an unrestrained hike in commodity prices on Friday, Mar 4, 2022.

Gana Odhikar Parishad activists block the streets of Kakrail to protest against an unrestrained hike in commodity prices on Friday, Mar 4, 2022.