A waterlogged street in the capital’s Paschim Rajabazar area yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan, Anisur Rahman
A wheelchair user protects himself from the downpour, while negotiating a stretch of flooded road. Yesterday’s rain, which lasted for a few hours, inundated large parts of the capital plagued by a poor drainage system.
Photo: Palash Khan, Anisur Rahman
A woman keeps plastic bottles which have been stripped of their labels in a bag in Chattogram’s Balukia area yesterday. These bottles would be cut and then exported to different countries such as India and China. Photo:
Rajib Raihan
A man sets up shop right beneath a sign which prohibits such illegal structures in the capital’s Karwan Bazar yesterday. Vendors returned to their makeshift shops mere hours after a drive against illegal structures by the Dhaka North City Corporation in the area on Tuesday, bringing into question the effectiveness of such actions. Photo:
Rashed Shumon
