Used cylinders line the premises of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority's office in Poshthogola yesterday. CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers have begun returning their vehicles which have crossed the 15-year old lifespan in exchange for registration papers for new vehicles. The cylinders, along with the auto-rickshaws, will be scrapped and then auctioned. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Scrapped bits of auto-rickshaws on the premises. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A boat loaded with vegetables plies the dark murky waters of the Buriganga near old Dhaka's Sir Salimullah Medical College yesterday. Every day, traders bring fresh vegetables from the adjacent areas of the capital and sell them in the city markets. Photo: Anisur Rahman
