Illegal battery-run rickshaws, locally known as easy bikes, being charged at a garage in the capital's airport area recently. At least 40 such three-wheelers get charged there every day for Tk 80-100 each. The illegal charging consumes electricity, the dearth of which puts many areas of the country in the dark in the form of load shedding. The sign, inset, advertises fast charging. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Rohingya refugees who crossed the border from Myanmar this week take shelter under a roadside tent near Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar yesterday. Photo: Reuters
Pulling up his pants, a boy crosses an inundated portion of a lane in the capital's south Kutubkhali area. Not just this one, most of the lanes in the area remain submerged due to an inadequate drainage system. The photo was taken on Friday. Photo: Palash Khan
A bagha ayer (dwarf goonch) caught in the Padma yesterday. The fish weighs around 55kg. A fisherman netted it off Shimulia ghat in Munshiganj and sold it to a wholesaler of Karwan Bazar for Tk 50,000. The small one, an ayer or long-whiskered catfish, is of the same species, but they do not grow as big as bagha ayer. Photo: Farhana Mirza
Students wash their hands with soaps on the Zila Parishad premises in Sylhet yesterday. The District Administration organised the programme, marking Global Handwashing Day, themed “Garbage Management, Potentiality of Improved Sanitation”. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
