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Labourers work in oppressive heat

The searing heat of Baishakh, the first month of summer in the Bangla calendar, has engulfed the entire Bangladesh, exhausting and frustrating labourers in Dhaka with unbearable temperatures.

Amid the scorching heat, a rickshaw-puller takes shelter under the shade of a tree in Dhaka University's TSC area on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Amid the scorching heat, a rickshaw-puller takes shelter under the shade of a tree in Dhaka University's TSC area on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Amid the scorching heat, a rickshaw-puller takes shelter under the shade of a tree in Dhaka University's TSC area on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Amid the scorching heat, a rickshaw-puller takes shelter under the shade of a tree in Dhaka University's TSC area on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Workers transport goods in wheelbarrows at Beribadh in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar amid extreme heat on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Workers transport goods in wheelbarrows at Beribadh in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar amid extreme heat on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Workers transport goods in wheelbarrows at Beribadh in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar amid extreme heat on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
Workers transport goods in wheelbarrows at Beribadh in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar amid extreme heat on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Tawhiduzzaman Tapu
A rickshaw-puller pedals his three-wheeler carrying passengers amid extreme heat in Dhaka’s Fakirapool on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A rickshaw-puller pedals his three-wheeler carrying passengers amid extreme heat in Dhaka’s Fakirapool on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A rickshaw-puller pedals his three-wheeler carrying passengers amid extreme heat in Dhaka’s Fakirapool on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A rickshaw-puller pedals his three-wheeler carrying passengers amid extreme heat in Dhaka’s Fakirapool on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People cross the Buriganga river by boat amid oppressive heat in Dhaka on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People cross the Buriganga river by boat amid oppressive heat in Dhaka on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People cross the Buriganga river by boat amid oppressive heat in Dhaka on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People cross the Buriganga river by boat amid oppressive heat in Dhaka on Monday, Apr 17, 2023. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 17 Apr 2023, 09:20 PM

Updated : 17 Apr 2023, 09:20 PM

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