A makeshift three-wheeler emits black smoke as it illegally plies the Khulna-Satkhira highway, posing a serious threat to the environment and public health. Beside it is a rickshaw-van, which is also not permitted on highways. The photo was taken in Gutudia area yesterday. Photo: Habibur Rahman

Police fire water cannons at members of the Bangladesh Non-Government Primary School General Teachers’ Unity Council near the High Court’s Kadam Fountain yesterday, as they try to break through barricades during a protest demanding nationalisation of non-government primary schools. Photo: Star

A schoolgirl, sheltered under her mother’s scarf, returns home joyfully in the rain after classes yesterday. The photo was taken at Amanatganj intersection in Barishal city. Photo: Titu Das