Utility service lines being disconnected during a drive conducted by Chittagong District Administration in the city's Moti Jharna area yesterday. Fearing landslides during rainfall, the authorities concerned repeatedly asked the people living in the hill slopes to vacate the place, but to no avail. The yesterday's drive was conducted to discourage the people from living in the landslide-prone area, said Executive Magistrate Achiya Khatun. Divisional Hill Management Committee identified 30 hills in Chittagong as risky. Photo: Prabir Das
Traffic police stop a truck overloaded with bamboo on Mirpur Road near the Gono Bhaban around noon yesterday. Trucks are prohibited on city streets between 8:00am and 9:30pm but they often flout the rule. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Journalists of Bangla daily Inqilab form a human chain demanding unpaid dues from the newspaper authorities in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Journalist leaders from Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) also took part in the programme. Photo: Palash Khan
