A large part of this busy road near Gazipur Chourasta has almost become a ditch where no vehicle or pedestrian would dare venture. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
As part of the nationwide anti-drug crackdown, police yesterday knocked down at least 100 shanties in Shahid Lane area in Chittagong, claiming the locality of being a hub of drug trade and consumption. However, no drugs were recovered and nobody was arrested in the four-hour drive. The shanties were built illegally occupying the land belonging to railway authorities. The slum dwellers protested the move but were driven out by law enforcers. Photo: Collected
As part of the nationwide anti-drug crackdown, police yesterday knocked down at least 100 shanties in Shahid Lane area in Chittagong, claiming the locality of being a hub of drug trade and consumption. However, no drugs were recovered and nobody was arrested in the four-hour drive. The shanties were built illegally occupying the land belonging to railway authorities. The slum dwellers protested the move but were driven out by law enforcers. Photo: Collected
A police official signals a car to stop at Janapath intersection in Dhaka's Sayedabad area yesterday. Police have set up check posts at various entry points to the capital as part of security measures centring Eid holiday. Photo: Prabir Das
Law enforcers check the trunk of a vehicle. Photo: Prabir Das
Battery-run rickshaws illegally ply the same highway at the same spot. One is even going against traffic. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A Nosimon driver is least bothered by the ban on the locally designed three-wheeler as he drives the vehicle with two passengers and iron rods on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria area. The picture was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan and Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy, poses for a picture with the Asia Cup-winning members of the Bangladesh women's cricket team at a reception at Gonobhaban yesterday. Photo: PID
