A boat loaded with heaps of vegetables makes its way to Dhaka city via the Turag, a key trade route that is suffering from neglect and pollution. The photo was taken in Basila yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon

JOY OF READING…A little girl is delighted as she discovers for the first time a pop-up book for children while exploring the stalls at the Children’s Square of the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela near the Ramna Kali Mandir gate yesterday afternoon during the “Shishu Prohor” or children’s hours. Photo: Rashed Shumon

People offer Juma prayers on Tongi Station Road near the Biswa Ijtema ground on the Turag yesterday, the first day of the three-day congregation. Devotees from home and abroad are taking part in the Ijtema. Photo: Palash Khan