Sixty-year-old Rahima Begum sits in a newly planted Boro paddy field under the winter morning sun, shaping lumps of mud to make a stove. The photo was taken recently in Babuganj upazila of Barishal. Photo: Titu Das

Students from seven colleges block the road at Tanti Bazar intersection yesterday, demanding the promulgation of an ordinance for the proposed Dhaka Central University. This blockade and several others resulted in gridlocks across the city, causing immense sufferings to commuters throughout the day. Photo: Star