WHOSE FOOTPATH IS IT ANYWAY? A ramp has been built on part of the footpath to facilitate the exit and entry of cars at the gate of a building near the capital's Bangla Motor intersection. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Photo: Anisur Rahman
A helpless Rehana sits beside the ruins of her home at Tinshed Colony in Mirpur's Pallabi yesterday following a fire that is believed to have originated when the batteries of some auto-rickshaws were being recharged at a garage using an illegal electricity line. About 30 tin-roofed houses were gutted in the incident. Photo: Prabir Das
Rickshaw-puller Mosammat Jasmine on her battery-run rickshaw in Chittagong city, last month. The 45-year-old said she chose the profession to make sure that her three children do not go hungry and get a decent education. After her husband ran off, she initially tried working as a maid then at a garment factory but found neither job suited her. On an average she earns Tk 600 a day for eight hours and works seven days a week. Since switching to a battery-run rickshaw last year, she said the work has become a little less arduous. She also wears a helmet for safety. Photo: AFP
