The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, meets her South Korean counterpart Chung Hong-won at the Mandarin Oriental conference room at Chiang Mai in Thailand on Sunday. — PID photo

In this photograph taken on February 20, 1999, then prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, left, receives his then Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee, right, at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan after the first regular bus service between the two countries. — AFP photo/Saeed Khan

Students come out from classrooms at Adharchandra High School at Savar on Sunday. The school reopened after 24 days of closure for the rescue operation of the Rana Plaza collapse. — Indrajit Ghosh

Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an official welcoming ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan - The Presidential Palace in New Delhi on May 20. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to build up trust with India as he held talks with his counterpart Manmohan Singh in the wake of a flare-up of a border dispute. AFP PHOTO

English midfielder David Beckham is thrown in the air by teammates after a French Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint Germain and Brest on Saturday at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. — AFP photo

Philippines women’s football team, who are currently in Dhaka for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, train at the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club on Sunday. — New Age photo

The European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, left, and Iran’s chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, pose for the media before their meeting in Baghdad on May 23, 2012. — Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani

A woman winnows paddy on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday. Growth in the agriculture sector has hit an 11-year low in the current fiscal year. — Sony Ramany

Pakistani women display their identity cards during the re-poll of voters in the constituency known as NA-250 in Karachi on Sunday. — AFP photo

The EU head of delegation to Bangladesh and three foreign envoys working in Dhaka meet the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in her office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photo

A splash of rain Monday in the afternoon brings relief to city life as it cools down temperature but at the cost of creating troubles to some pedestrians. Focus Bangla Photo

The local people of Rampura-Banasree and Aftab Nagar along the edge of the capital cross the Meradia canal through a bamboo bridge. For many months, the local residents have been demanding that the authority construct a culvert on the canal. The picture was taken on Monday. Focus Bangla Photo

The photo shows male and female workers are busy drying Borro paddy in a yard of Rupganj in Narayanganj. Focus Bangla Photo.

This flower is called Nagalingam in Tamil language. It is also known as ‘cannon ball’ flower. The Shivalingam shape is visible at the center of it and snake shaped pollens are the specialty of this flower. Basically the flower is used for worshipping Lord Shiva. These glorious Nagalingam flowers have bloomed in Ramna Park in the capital. The photo was shot on Monday. Focus Bangla Photo.

This flower is called Nagalingam in Tamil language. It is also known as ‘cannon ball’ flower. The Shivalingam shape is visible at the center of it and snake shaped pollens are the specialty of this flower. Basically the flower is used for worshipping Lord Shiva. These glorious Nagalingam flowers have bloomed in Ramna Park in the capital. The photo was shot on Monday. Focus Bangla Photo.