Commuters scramble to get on a bus in Dhaka’s Farmgate after a long wait after rains as COVID-19 curbs lead to a public transport crisis on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People defy physical distancing rules as they scramble to get on a bus to return home after a long wait at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka with rains worsening a transport crisis on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Commuters had to wait for long in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar to get a transport after office hours as rains and curbs over the coronavirus outbreak worsened a bus crisis on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Commuters risk their lives to get on a bus after office hours as rains and curbs over a coronavirus outbreak worsen a transport crisis on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Pedestrians suffered due to waterlogging in the Gate No. 2 area of Chattogram after heavy rains on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

The Gate No. 2 area of Chattogram went under water after heavy rains on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

A rickshaw-puller struggles to wade through waist-deep water in the Gate No. 2 area of Chattogram after heavy rains on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

Heavy rains left Chattogram’s Chawkbazar waterlogged on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

Residents suffered as heavy rains leave Chattogram’s Chawkbazar inundated on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

A boundary wall next to a hill at Laldighi Ground in Chattogram collapsed during heavy rains, extensively damaging three murals depicting Bangladesh’s history on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu

The Rapid Action Battalion arrested 12 members of a teen gang with firearms and sharp weapons in Gazipur’s Tongi. They were brought to the RAB media centre in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar during a briefing on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Firearms, sharp weapons, mobile phones and cash seized from 12 arrested members of a teen gang are on display during a briefing at RAB’s media centre in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar on Sunday, Jun 6, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man risks his life as he travels on the footboard of a bus with the door locked in Dhaka’s Kazipara on Saturday, Jun 5, 2021 as the transporters shut the doors after taking passengers at half the capacity following the government’s order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Onlookers gathered near Rupayan Karim after a fire erupted at the high-rise in Dhaka’s Kakrail on Saturday, Jun 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Six units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence worked to douse a fire that erupted at Rupayan Karim, a high-rise in Dhaka’s Kakrail, on Saturday, Jun 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Saplings on the divider of Sixty Feet Road outside Bangladesh Betar in Dhaka bore the brunt of a sudden storm on Saturday, Jun 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Electronic waste is mounded on the side of Islambag’s Sadarghat dam road. The scraps are piled up in huge amounts at locations like this once the usable parts are separated from defunct machinery. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Moktar Ahmed, a worker at a store for used electronic products, is separating the wires from rubber coats after collecting them from Islambag 's Sadarghat dam road. Moktar says the rubber will be used to make shoes or flip-flops while the metallic wire will be melted down for other uses. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Workers at a store for used electronic goods in Old Dhaka’s Nimtali are sifting through discarded equipment in search of parts they can use. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi