March 27, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins a meeting of the national implementation committee for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebrations at her office in Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: PMO

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins a meeting of the national implementation committee for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebrations at her office in Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: PMO

Grameenphone projects the image of Laili Begum, the first customer of the telecom company, at a media briefing on its 25th founding anniversary at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had made the first phone call on the network to Laili to mark its inception in 1997. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Telecom and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar virtually addresses an event marking the 25th anniversary of Grameenphone at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Grameenphone officials launch a new logo to mark the 25th founding anniversary of the telecom company at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Grammenphone CEO Yasir Azman speaks at a media briefing on the 25th founding anniversary of the telecom company at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Sajjad Hasib, chief marketing officer of Grameenphone, speaks at a media briefing on the 25th founding anniversary of the telecom company at the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaks at a party rally in Chattogram’s Polo Ground on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022.

A fire gutted the Iron Market in Dhaka’s Postogola on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022.

A fire gutted the Iron Market in Dhaka’s Postogola on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022.

The Iron Market in Dhaka’s Postogla caught fire on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Twelve units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze under control after two hours.

The Iron Market in Dhaka’s Postogla caught fire on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Twelve units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze under control after two hours.

Dhaka Cholera Hospital, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b, is crowded amid a surge in diarrhoea cases on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Relatives are bringing diarrhoea patients to Dhaka Cholera Hospital, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b, amid a surge in cases on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A view of Dhaka Cholera Hospital, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b, amid a surge in diarrhoea cases on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

On daily counts, Dhaka Cholera Hospital, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b, has admitted the highest number of diarrhoea patients in 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Dhaka Cholera Hospital, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh or icddr,b, is crowded amid a surge in diarrhoea cases on Sunday, Mar 27, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove