Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shakes hands with a girl during an iftar hosted for orphans, war-wounded freedom fighters, physically-challenged children and alem-ulema at the Gono Bhaban yesterday. Photo: PID
Left, A passenger hops off a bus on the Mayor Hanif flyover in Dhaka, right next to a sign that reads 'vehicle stoppage not allowed'. Just five days ago on this very flyover, Nazim Uddin, a senior executive of the advertisement department of English daily Dhaka Tribune, lost his life under the wheels of a speeding bus. Human chains, like one held in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday, right, frequently demand exemplary punishment for reckless road behaviour, to little avail.
A patient is pushed across a flooded street in front of Savar's Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP). The road leading to CRP -- the prime non-government organisation for patients with paralysis -- has poor drainage and is easily inundated by rainwater. Photo: Palash Khan
