A man walks among busy traffic to hop on a running bus on Mazar Road in the capital’s Gabtoli yesterday. In utter disregard for traffic rules, bus drivers pick up passengers at random instead of doing that at designated stops. PHOTO: PRABIR DAS
Ignoring safety guidelines, the BRT project authorities use an excavator to dump road surface material onto a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Tongi’s Cherag Ali area yesterday. Even after a tragic accident that killed five people during such work in Uttara just days ago, the authorities still seem unwilling to maintain safety measures. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
Three coaches of Drutojan Express, which runs on Dhaka-Panchagarh route, lie beside the rail line near Dhirasram railway station in Joydevpur yesterday, a week after those came off the track. The delay in the salvage operation is only worsening the damages to the coaches. Photo: Anisur Rahman
