Students of No 10 Malibagh Chowdhurypara Girls Government Primary School browse through books at a stall of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair at Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday. Accompanied by their teachers, the children flip through pages, discovering new stories and authors. The visit aims to inspire a love for reading and nurture creative thinking among young minds. Photo: Palash Khan

Students of Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College at a rally near Raju Bhaskarja on Dhaka University campus demanding punishment of rapists and sex offenders. PHOTO: Palash Khan

As prices of essentials continue to rise, state-run mobile shops selling subsidised goods see large crowds. Sometimes the trucks run out of goods before everyone in the queue gets what they need. The photo of the shop of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh was taken in the capital’s Begunbari yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das

Police scuffled with an activist as law enforcers disperse MPO-registered teachers protesting for nationalisation in front of Shikkha Bhaban in Dhaka yesterday. The teachers were stopped at a barbed-wire barricade on Abdul Gani Road before clashes erupted. Photo: Palash Khan