From watching the judges taste her fried sardines with beetroot and blood orange to witnessing the triumph of a a date-nestled, ice cream infused paan and panta bhaat with aloo bhorta, the journey of Bangladeshi-Australian Chef Kishwar Chowdhury has been one of pride and inspiration to everyone watching.

Thousands of people are moving towards their destinations on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha, some to join their work in Dhaka and some leaving the capital as a two week long strict lockdown is to be imposed from the next day.

For the 125 children in Faridpur’s brothel, their mothers are their only guardians, their only support. But, how can these children understand why in this ongoing pandemic, their mothers cannot afford Eid celebration?

Every Eid-ul-Azha, poor people collect meat from those who can afford to make animal sacrifices.

Like countless low-income individuals of this country, for Dulal Mia, Eid celebration this year is as unattainable as his hope for economic solvency to support his family.

Five poverty-stricken day labourers of a remote village in Kurigram, instead of the promised Covid-19 financial aid, are now burdened with accusation of embezzlement of nearly 25 million taka. Four of them are now behind bars.

Bhasan Char has taken a festive hue after the arrival of cows for Eid sacrifice. Over 200 cows have been provided for the Eid celebration of the Rohingyas staying there. Both the government and aid agencies of foreign and domestic origin have given the cows as gifts. Arrangements have also been made for Rohingyas staying in Cox’s Bazar.

On one side of the Eid sacrifice preparation are the cattle markets. On the other side are the equipment for the sacrificial ceremony.

The RMG sector, which earns over 80% of the total foreign currencies for Bangladesh and employs over 4 million people, is now battling against the ongoing pandemic.

The longing to spend Eid with near ones has not been dampened a bit by Covid-19 pandemic.

What seems to be small islands in the Karnaphuli are actually mounds of polythene dumped from all over Chattogram city stacked in the river.

Import ban, so what? There are ways to sneak those in, through the country’s main airport even.

Most cattle markets this year are being set up with severe disregard to safety regulations amid laxity of local administration. That is the picture one gets from visiting Tebaria cattle market of Natore and different cattle markets in Rajshahi. Concerns are being raised about the spread of coronavirus as well as other big health risks.

Rohingya refugees residing in Bhasan Char are now equipped to manage their own livelihood for the first time in the history of this island, thanks to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

As people started to return to their ancestral homes for Eid, traffic increased on different highways and in some places vehicles were seen standing still. Both passengers and drivers faced immense distress, while very few were seen following COvid-19 health safety guidelines.

Within just a few hours, more than 50 people became homeless, as their houses were engulfed in the riverbank erosion caused by the untamed Jamuna.

Twenty-eight pythons, artificially hatched out of 31 eggs in Chattogram Zoo on June 22, were released in the Sitakunda Eco-park after they were nurtured in the zoo for almost a month.

Around 50 per cent of the rawhides Bangladesh produces a year come during every Eid-ul-Azha, when around 1 crore animals are sacrificed at a time.

Cattle markets are gearing up to their usual, vibrant chaos during this break from strict restrictions. However, as the official Eid holidays are yet to begin, customers are sparse compared to the usual.

Recently, Bangladesh Railway signed a contract with an NGO to establish a medical college and a nursing institute in the CRB area of Chattogram in a public-private partnership. After this deal, different social, cultural, political and conservation organisations have voiced their concerns against setting up this hospital. They noted that building a hospital in this area will have an adverse effect on the environment.