Garbage is dumped in piles under this wooden bridge between Hazaribagh and Kamrangirchar in the capital and set alight every day. This mindless act not only hurts the environment but also puts the bridge at high risk. The same goes on in Zhauchar nearby, bottom, despite a council sign forbidding it. The photo were taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
Garbage is dumped in piles under this wooden bridge between Hazaribagh and Kamrangirchar in the capital and set alight every day. This mindless act not only hurts the environment but also puts the bridge at high risk. The same goes on in Zhauchar nearby, bottom, despite a council sign forbidding it. The photo were taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
Garbage is dumped in piles under this wooden bridge between Hazaribagh and Kamrangirchar in the capital and set alight every day. This mindless act not only hurts the environment but also puts the bridge at high risk. The same goes on in Zhauchar nearby, bottom, despite a council sign forbidding it. The photo were taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
A large section of an iron bridge at Amua in Jhalakathi's Kathalia upazila collapsed yesterday after being hit by a sand-laden cargo vessel. The bridge is essential for the locals to go to Amua Hospital -- the only one available in the upazila. Photo: Star
The train engine came to a stop in this position ramming the buffer stop beside platform 4 in Chittagong Railway Station last night. Further details were not available when this photo was published. Photo: Star
Large potholes and rugged surface make it a tough task for vehicles to ply the road in front of the Department of Environment in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The picture was taken yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan