Kids sail a raft made of Styrofoam sheets on the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj. On the scorching Chaitra days, local children are often seen cooling off in the river, no matter how contaminated its water is due to industrial waste dumping. They surely have fun but remain exposed to skin and other diseases. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Firefighters battling a fire at the storehouse of Opsonin, a pharmaceutical company, in Barisal city on March 30, 2015. An electric short circuit initiated the fire around 2:15am, killing one person, injuring 14 and destroying Tk 5 crore worth of goods, said fire officials, in the next three hours when the flames ripped through the fifth-floor of the six-storey building before being put out. Photo: Star
