This view from the capital’s Shoari Ghat shows the extent of pollution in the Buriganga. In the monsoon months, the river swells and the rampant pollution is less visible, but in the winter, the water level drops, and sewage and garbage can be spotted all over. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Wholesalers wait for buyers at a vegetable market in Savar’s Genda area. Prices of winter vegetables have dropped following increased supply in the last few days. Yesterday, cauliflower was selling for Tk 8 a piece at the market. Photo: Palash Khan
A patient giving her sample for Covid-19 test at the Mugda Medical College and Hospital in the capital yesterday. Testing remained suspended at the hospital for the past few days because its RT-PCR machine, which tests around 180-200 samples daily, was out of order. Sample collection resumed yesterday after the machine was repaired. Photo: Prabir Das
This young man was spotted zigzagging through the busy road of Banglamotor in his roller skates yesterday. With no helmet, elbow pads or knee pads, roller-skating through the dangerous traffic scene of Dhaka is an extremely risky feat, and it got riskier when he tried to quickly flee our photographer’s lens by skating on the wrong side of the road. Photo: Prabir Das
