Two women help a young girl cross over the concrete road divider on this portion of Dhaka-Chittagong highway in front of Matuail Maternity Hospital yesterday. Though there is a footbridge (not seen in the picture) nearby, they are not interested to use it, risking their lives as well as the kid's. Photo: Rashed Shumon
As if these replicas of national cricketers were built temporarily only to add beauty to the Chittagong city ahead of the 2011 world cup. This installation is one of the first things international visitors including cricketers see after exiting the Chittagong airport. Instead of being a thing of beauty, this has rather become an eyesore now because the figures got broken, gathered dirt, and their colours faded. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
This time around last year this road was teeming with business. It was the former tannery district of Dhaka -- Hazaribagh. As most factories relocated to the tannery estate in Savar, outside the capital, this place has gradually lost crowds. The photo was taken in Kalunagar yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
Buses move through a submerged road in Muradpur area of Chittagong city. Heavy downpour for hours flooded many parts of the port city yesterday, dealing a heavy blow to commuters and pedestrians alike. Photo: Prabir Das
Damaged portions of a boundary wall of a garment factory of ANZ Bangladesh Ltd in BK Bari area of Sadar upazila in Gazipur. The factory authorities alleged that Upazila Parishad Chairman Izadur Rahman and his associates demolished the wall at night a week ago over a land dispute. Denying the allegation, Izadur said the factory authorities blamed him after they themselves knocked it down. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Star
Fire extinguishing units are deployed in front of a house in the capital's Darus Salam area yesterday. The night before, suspected militants allegedly detonated bombs in an apartment of the house, causing a blaze and plumes of smoke. Later, seven skulls were recovered from the flat.Photo: Star
Shamimbagh area near Dhaka in Narayanganj has been waterlogged for three months. The photo was taken inside DND embankment area yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
