Today's Gallery (2020.09.24)

Adolescent boys tightrope-walking on a high voltage wire before they dive into the Dhaleswari river in Ford Nagar area of Singair, Manikganj. The frolicking might end in an irreversible tragedy any moment. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
Politically influential locals involved in sand trading have occupied parts of the Buriganga and the adjoining road leading from Gabtoli to Adabor. They did not even spare the land reserved for the Water Development Board. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, under whose jurisdiction the riverbanks fall, tried many times to put an end to such encroachment but to no avail. PHOTO: RASHED SHUMON