A rickshaw puller “shakes hands” with an Ansar member who was controlling traffic on Segunbaghica Road in the capital yesterday. Immediately afterwards, the rickshaw was allowed on the wrong side of the street. In some cases, those tasked with controlling traffic let rickshaw pullers or drivers take the wrong side of road in exchange for bribes. Photo: Amran Hossain
Rickshaws moving against traffic in the same area. Such violations of traffic rules are taking place even during the ongoing traffic week. Photo: Amran Hossain
Three labourers are struggling to control a bull being taken to a makeshift cattle market in Gendaria area of old Dhaka. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
A truck loaded with cattle is entering the market. With Eid-ul-Azha just over a week away, traders have started bringing sacrificial animals to the city's designated cattle markets from across the country. The photos were taken yesterday. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Two boys dive from a fountain into Crescent Lake in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area yesterday. They were oblivious of the risk posed by the electronic device and power cables fitted with the fountain. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A signboard near the lake says it is strictly prohibited to bathe, fish and wash clothes in the lake. On Sunday, two school students drowned while swimming in the city's Ramna Lake. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Holding placards, students of Collectorate School and College demonstrate on the institution's premises in Rangpur yesterday, demanding justice for Tanvir Ahmed Zion. Tenth-grader Zion was run over and killed by a speeding bus while he was on his way to the school on Sunday. Holding placards, students of Collectorate School and College demonstrate on the institution's premises in Rangpur yesterday, demanding justice for Tanvir Ahmed Zion. Tenth-grader Zion was run over and killed by a speeding bus while he was on his way to the school on Sunday.
Taking opportunity of a gridlock, a cyclist crosses over a road divider to go to the other side. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Goods-laden rickshaw-vans go the wrong way on the same road. Photo: Rajib Raihan
With a pillion passenger and two schoolchildren sitting in front of him, a man rides a motorbike on the road. There seems to be no stopping commuters from violating rules. The photos were taken in Chittagong's EPZ area yesterday afternoon. Photo: Rajib Raihan
