Artistes of Bhavna present a dance piece at the progrmme. — Saad Shahriar

People wait in a queue to collect water from a pump at Tejkunipara in the capital as water supply in the area by the Dhaka Water Supply Authority fell drastically. — Sourav Lasker

Victoria Sporting Club’s Pakistani cricketer Momahmad Yusuf (R) looks on as the club’s governing body chairman, Lutfur Rahman Badal, speaks to the media on Wednesday. — New Age photo

Thousands of people throng Chittagong Polo Ground on Wednesday to join a rally organised by the ruling alliance led by the Awami League. — New Age photo

US servicemen sit inside of a plane before their departure to Afghanistan from the US transit centre Manas, 30 kilometres outside Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, on March 27. — AFP photo

Kolkata based seasoned sculptor Bipin Goswami hands over a crest to Qayyum Chowdhury at the concluding day of the four-day art camp and exhibition on Sunday in Kolkata, India.

A file photo shows an inside view of a Sonali Bank branch in Dhaka. A large number of clients of most of the state-owned commercial banks have lodged complaints against the banks at the newly-launched Customers’ Interest Protection Centre of the central bank. — New Age photo

Guests take part in the launch of web site-based forum ‘the Bangladeshi’ in a Dhaka city hotel on Wednesday. — New Age photo

Students of Titumir College at Mohakhali in Dhaka on Wednesday rally against police attack on residents of the hostel early in the day over vandalism of a bar on Tuesday night. — Sony Ramany

A Tibetan activist gestures during a protest in New Delhi on Wednesday. — AFP photo

The trade ministers from BRICS countries (left to right) Fernando Pimentel of Brazil, Elvira Nabiullina of Russia, Anand Sharma of India, Chen Deming of China, and Rob Davies of South Africa speak to the media after their second meeting during the BRICS Business Forum in New Delhi on Wednesday. — AFP photo

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party set off a procession from its office at Naya Paltan in the capital on Wednesday, marking National and Independence Day. — Indrajit Ghosh

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema (C) heads the ball to score his first goal against APOEL Nicosia during their Champions League quarter-final first-leg match at GSP stadium in Nicosia on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Fire-fighters on Wednesday hose down a fire in a Rangs Motor warehouse at Tejgaon in the capital. — New Age photo