Police search a motorbike at a checkpoint in front of the High Court as part of heightened security measures across the capital following a series of crude bomb explosions over the last three days. Photo: Prabir Das

Commuters ride on a van through a waterlogged road near New Market Gate-1 after heavy rain inundated parts of the capital yesterday morning. The BMD recorded 49mm of rainfall in Dhaka between midnight and 9:00am. PHOTO: FIROZ AHMED

Students of Comilla University block the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Kotbari intersection yesterday, demanding justice for the killing of 13-year-old Ishiat Shahriar Oprotim, who was found dead in the Sananda area near the campus on Saturday, nearly 24 hours after he went missing. Vehicles remain stranded on both sides as protesters gather on the highway. Photo: Star

Two farmers wade through chest-deep floodwater carrying bundles of harvested paddy on their heads in Char Padma area of Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila yesterday. Flooding has submerged roads and cropland in the char, forcing residents to walk through the water or use boats to move around. PHOTO: AZAHAR UDDIN