Chaktai canal has shrunk at this point near Mariner’s Drive Road in Chattogram city due to the construction of a regulator to control water flow. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Holding a child with one hand and using the other to balance his body weight, a pedestrian jumps over a median strip to cross the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the capital’s Azampur of Uttara. Although there is a footbridge yards away, many cross the busy road this way every day, putting lives at risk. The photo was taken around 9:30am yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman