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Dancers perform at the Spring Festival at DU. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

In Focus

Spring gets a vibrant welcome at DU

Elderly man breaks down in tears amid the unbearable heatwave that is sweeping over the country. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

In Focus

Special prayers at Baitul Mukarram Mosque for rainfall

Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Bangladesh

Rain, relief and the rebirth

Rows of cows are displayed in the famous 100-year-old Talgachi cattle market in Sirajgang’s Shahjadpur upazila. Horses, bulls, goats and sheep are traded here, known as the “best cattle market in the North Bengal”. Photo: TBS

Features

An animal market in North with a 100-year-old history

Cows graze at the seasonal pasture in Shahjadpur that stays underwater for more than five months every year. The lion’s share of the grazing land is in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj and the rest is in Pabna district. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

The tale of a meadowland