Construction workers inspecting a collapsed pier cap of the Bus Rapid Transit project in front of the Polwel Carnation Shopping Centre in Uttara. The pier cap had collapsed early yesterday. In a separate incident hours later, a portion of a launching girder of the same project collapsed near Dhaka airport around 10:30am, leaving six workers, including three Chinese nationals, injured.
Photo:
Palash Khan
Gas cylinders lined up on the ground floor of a multi-storey apartment building in Ulon area of Rampura in the capital. The cylinders are kept there and connected to the kitchens upstairs using pipes as the apartment residents fear that the cylinders might explode. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Without maintaining physical distancing, people queue before a truck of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to buy sugar, oil and other commodities at cheaper prices. Most of them are not wearing masks either. The rate of Covid-19 infection is increasing in the country as most people are ignoring the health safety rules. The photo was taken yesterday.
Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
A view of the Airport Road in the capital’s Uttara shows traffic at a standstill after portion of a launching girder of the Bus Rapid Transit project collapsed near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The photo was taken yesterday around 12:30pm. Photo: Palash Khan
A man carefully steps onto a rickshaw with his child in tow, mindful that one misstep might cause them to fall into ankle-deep sewage water. For the past two weeks, movement has been disrupted in this road front of Haji Abdur Rashid Lane in old Dhaka. Locals complain that the ward commissioner has taken no initiative to resolve the issue. Photo: Amran Hossain
A sign by a canal at the capital’s Hazaribagh tells residents not to dump waste into the waterbody, as directed by Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, otherwise legal action would be taken. Incessant dumping of waste has blocked the many canals of the city, and now authorities are trying to bring the waterways back to life. This photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
