An overloaded power tiller pulling a trailer trundles on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Khudirampur area. The slow-moving vehicle forces another slow vehicle (an autorickshaw) to queue behind it. Vehicles of various speeds using the same road often results in crashes and casualties. The government banned these vehicles on highways but they are using it due to poor monitoring. Photo: Mirza Shakil
Sampanna Ramesh, a Pune native, became the first man to cross the Bangla Channel twice in a day on Friday. He took nine hours and ten minutes to swim from Teknaf to Saint Martin's Island and back, crossing 32.2 kilometres in total in the event, organised by the Everest Academy. He swam the channel to raise awareness for cancer treatment. Photo: Collected
Boat makers are passing a busy time in Barisal ahead of the upcoming fishing season. The photo was taken at Rasulpur Char in the Kirtonkhola river yesterday. Photo: Sushanta Ghosh
Commuters and pedestrians suffer on the battered and half-submerged Sylhet-Kanaighat-Burhanuddin road, which is a major artery joining Sylhet Sadar with Kanaighat and Golapganj upazilas. Due to lack of maintenance and disregard by the authorities, the road has developed many potholes making it extremely difficult for regular travel. The photo was taken yesterday in Muradnagar Bazar area. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
