Passengers awaiting trains at the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday. A freight train derailed in Tangail on Monday night, suspending Dhaka’s rail communications with north and northwestern regions for around 10 hours. Photo: Palash Khan
A family that reached the station to catch their Dinajpur-bound train at 10:00am yesterday was still waiting for the train around 4:00pm. Photo: Palash Khan
A teenage girl pouring water into a homemade purifier to filter out harmful substances. Many families, mostly of the low-income group, use such purifiers -- made of sand, stone and other materials -- to get clean drinking water in Sylhet. The photo was taken in the city’s Kadamtali Ferryghat area yesterday.
Photo: Sheikh Nasir
