Construction of an eight-lane bridge along the existing one over the Turag near Dhaka’s Aminbazar is underway. The Roads and Highways Department has sped up the work to open at least two lanes of the bridge on the Dhaka-Aricha highway before the Eid holidays. The photo was taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Vehicles and rickshaws are caught in a long tailback on the road in Dhaka’s New Market area. Traffic was heavy in some areas of the capital yesterday as Eid shoppers thronged makeshift shops along the roads and shopping centres on the first weekend of Ramadan.
Photo: Prabir Das
A portion of the Jamuna in Bogura’s Sariakandi upazila turns into a narrow channel as the water level goes down during the dry season, exposing the silt accumulated throughout the year. According to Bogura’s Water Development Board, around a billion tonnes of silt is deposited during the monsoon as water rushes in from the upstream in Rangpur, Gaibandha and Bogura. When the water recedes before the rainy season, the chars, or shoals, rise back up. In 2021, a Bogura-Jamalpur ferry service was launched but had to be halted in just a few days due to poor navigability during the dry season. The photo was taken recently.
Photo: Mostafa Shabuj
