In pictures: Schoolchildren get new books in new year

The government initiated the process of distributing some 347 million textbooks to around 41.7 million students up to the secondary level from pre-primary level across Bangladesh on Saturday, the first day of the new year. Like 2021, the authorities did not hold a textbook festival this year either owing to concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic.The photos were taken by Dhaka Tribune’s Mehedi Hasan at Kamrunnesa Government Girls High School in Dhaka