Despite repeated drives, sand traders still occupy a large portion of the Turag river foreshore at Sinnirtek in the capital's Mirpur. Such illegal activities are usually aimed at paving the way for permanent land grabbing. The BIWTA, Dhaka district administration, local police, and the Department of Environment, among others, are tasked with stopping such encroachment but they visibly have failed. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Md Kawsar
Two brothers carrying their ailing father on an improvised wooden stretcher from Sholmari, a char village surrounded by the Teesta river, to a hospital of Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila in the mainland. With the river dried up, people living on the chars now have to depend solely on their foot for travel. Photo: S Dilip Roy
Boats move through boulders in the Sangu river in Thanchi upazila, Bandarban. With verdant hills standing tall on both sides, cruising along the meandering, shallow river is a soothing experience, but it is expensive for local commuters. A trip from Thanchi to Remakri costs each passenger Tk 400. The boats take people to Tindu, Remakri, Boro Madak, and Chhoto Madak. The photo was taken on the way to Remakri from Thanchi yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
As part of making city dwellers aware of cleanliness, Rapid Action Battalion removes garbage from in front of the office of Rab-3 in the capital yesterday. Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon and Rab Director General Benazir Ahmed participated in the campaign. Photo: Star
