The BIWTA is building embankments along both banks of the Turag river to prevent erosion and flood damage. Walkways are also being constructed there. The photo was taken at Diabari in the capital’s Mirpur on Thursday. Photo: Palash Khan
Seven-month-old Raisa Moni cannot be away from the warmth and love of her mother, Sumaiya Akhter, be it at home or outside. The mother, aged 25, undergoes treatment for diarrhoea at the capital’s icddr,b while her baby eats a biscuit sitting beside her. Cases of diarrhoea have spiked in the city in the last couple of weeks. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman