Wastewaters from dyeing and textile factories are being dumped into the Buriganga river through hidden underground pipes at Pagla Mishu Ghat in Fatullah of Narayanganj. Despite frequent government drives against such offenders, a number of factories in the area are polluting the river with toxic industrial waste this way. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Where will they go now? The footpath is captured by makeshift shops pushing them on to the main street, where a large manhole without a lid has been waiting for them for the last five days, let alone all the fast vehicles that run on the street. The photo was taken yesterday on the capital's very busy Toynbee Circular Road in Motijheel area. Photo: Palash Khan
Anybody using the thoroughfare going through Dhaka University between Shahbagh intersection and TSC yesterday morning had to suffer immense breathing problem because somebody had decided to dump an incredible amount of garbage and dried leaves next to the footpath, and then somebody set fire to it. Where were the authorities, and what they were doing is anybody's guess. Photo: Star
People crowd the Dhaka International Trade Fair yesterday. The fair saw a huge gathering of visitors yesterday as it was the last weekend before the month-long fair ends tomorrow. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Migrants wait while they are camping after being cheated by smugglers yesterday in Kucukkuyu district in Canakkale, as they try to reach the Greek island of Lesbos. The migrants said they refused to get on in a small and rickety boat contrary to a large and safer one promised to them by the smugglers. Photo: AFP
