Medical wastes dumped by the street near the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. The hazardous objects need proper disposal and such haphazard dumping threatens health and environment and breaks laws. Locals say recyclers collect the waste materials for sale to plastic factories. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Photo: Rashed Shumon
Truckers have turned English Road in the capital virtually into a parking lot, making the already congested street of Old Dhaka even narrower. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
Boats gently glide over the placid water of the Buriganga. It's monsoon and the rain-fed river has not just swelled, its water has also become much cleaner. But as soon as the season ends, the Buriganga will shrink and stink again. The river water stays badly polluted due to industrial waste. The photo was taken in the capital's Babubazar area yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
Artists work on a portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote organised the event marking National Mourning Day. A number of cultural personalities including television and film actors attended the programme. Photo: Star
