Workers installing power cables and other equipments on the Agargaon-Motijheel section of the metro rail line in the capital’s Farmgate yesterday. This segment of the MRT Line-6 is scheduled to be opened to public by this December. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Sand being illegally hauled off the bed of the Padma in an area at the border of Pabna and Kushtia districts. The land will be under water during monsoon a few months later and the patch of depression on the river bed will disrupt the water flow, worsening erosion of the banks and putting nearby villages at risk. However, the ubiquity of such sand extractors in the two districts is a sign that the authorities are turning a blind eye to this. Photo: Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu
