Smog covers the sky over the dark murky water of the Buriganga river in the capital. The water is so polluted that launches plying the river leave a trail of foam and the stench of the water is unbearable. Today is World Water Day. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Teenagers of a school/college of Uttara run across the Airport Road in Uttara-6 and jump over the central reservation risking their lives. Vehicles are whizzing past them at speed and there is a footbridge just a few hundred yards away. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Candidates hoping to run in the polls to Dhaka city corporations had jumped the gun and pasted posters of their campaign across the capital even though they are now not allowed to do so. The Election Commission had issued a notice to remove all such ads by yesterday morning. The photo was taken at a Suhrawardy Udyan gate around 1:00pm on March 21. Photo: Amran Hossain
A long trench dug for installation of sewerage pipes has nearly shut down Road 7/B in the capital's Banani for two to three weeks, according to shop owners in the area, but the authorities apparently have no interest in ending the public sufferings. The photo was taken on March 21. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
People pay their respects after placing flowers outside the Singapore General Hospital where elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill in the Intensive Care Unit in Singapore, on March 21. The health condition of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew "has worsened", the government said, as the critically ill founding leader of the city-state entered his seventh week in hospital. Photo: AFP
People pay their respects after placing messages outside the Singapore General Hospital where elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill in the Intensive Care Unit in Singapore, on March 21. The health condition of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew "has worsened", the government said, as the critically ill founding leader of the city-state entered his seventh week in hospital. Photo: AFP
