Just four onions, presumably imported from abroad, weighing nearly one and a quarter kg at a TCB sales centre near Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Each kg is being sold for Tk 45, a fraction of the price in kitchen markets. Photo: Prabir Das
Construction workers of metro rail project pulling a tarpaulin sheet over a heap of dirt in the capital’s Khamarbari area yesterday after a mobile court of the Department of Environment fined the contractors Tk 1 lakh for contributing to air pollution. Photo: Rashed Shumon
a water truck being used to reduce dust in the air. The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities to have water sprayed in dust-affected areas, walls, and trees in the city at least twice a day to reduce air pollution. Photo: Rashed Shumon
This covered van overturned on Akhtaruzzaman flyover in Chattogram city yesterday morning, reportedly while overtaking a CNG-driven auto-rickshaw. The auto-rickshaw driver was injured in the accident, while the van was moved a few hours later by police, resuming traffic movement on the flyover. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Pedestrians have to calculate risks, then perform some careful acrobatics to walk on the Dainik Bangla intersection, which was dug up three months ago to install sewage lines. Traffic police stationed at the area also complained that controlling vehicle movement has become a difficult task. Photo: Anisur Rahman
