Sacks of garbage, mostly single use plastic bottles, are dumped in the Buriganga river near Islambagh in the capital. It has been going on for so long that quite a bit of the river has been filled up. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo:
Amran Hossain
Relatives of a woman try to rush her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Mugda Medical College and Hospital in a rickshaw van yesterday. The unconscious woman was brought to the Mugda hospital from Uttar Manda on this van. Doctors there referred her to DMCH. Photo:
Anisur Rahman
One of the finest ways to welcome winter in Bangladesh is with the traditional rice cakes (pitha). While nothing can quite beat the homemade ones, pitha-vendors scattered across the country provide the warmth of soft Bhapa, Chitoi or Tel er pithas at Tk five to 10 to those who have to spend their days out and about. The photo was taken in Farmgate area yesterday.
PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
Bangladesh National Parliament officers and employees’ forum formed a human chain yesterday on Manik Mia Avenue, protesting the recent attack on the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. PHOTO: RASHED SHUMON
