A knocked over lane divider lying on the road as a hazard near the city's Bijoy Sarani intersection yesterday afternoon. Locals said a truck crashed into the divider early in the morning two days ago, but the authorities were yet to take measures. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Groom Ashikur Rahman Shukur walks on the street to board a car around one and a half kilometres away from his Purba Borohat home in Moulvibazar to join his wedding ceremony in Kagabola yesterday. Ashikur and his relatives had to walk the distance as the district administration imposed Section 144 in the area during a raid on a militant hideout, some 200 yards off the groom's house. Photo: Star
Police seized around 10 maunds of jatka (young hilsa measuring less than nine inches) from a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Narayanganj city yesterday and arrested the driver. Photo: Star
A battery-operated rickshaw passes a rickshaw van on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Kanchpur area. Although all types of three-wheelers are banned on most major highways in the country due to safety reasons, the authorities are not doing enough to enforce the ban. Photo: Anisur Rahman
