A PEDESTRIANS’ NIGHTMARE... With work for metro rail project already narrowing the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, pedestrians in front of the Birdem Hospital in Shahbagh are left with no footpath to walk on as work for dismantling a foot-overbridge is also going on, forcing them to squeeze between traffic on the busy thoroughfare. Patients, their attendants, hospital doctors and staff say their lives have been made difficult due to the situation. PHOTO: PRABIR DAS
A sudden burst of rain sweeping through the capital yesterday afternoon caught some pedestrians off-guard, forcing them to run for cover. Those who left home with umbrellas made full use of it, even while sitting in a rickshaw with a plastic sheet to keep them dry. Photo: Firoz Ahhmed
