In the midday heat, two Brahminy kites play in the lake of Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. The heat wave that is sweeping across the country continued yesterday with no respite in the capital. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Schoolgirls walk through tannery waste the factories piled up in the capital's Hazaribagh, creating a putrid stench and contributing to environmental pollution. Students have to traverse this abomination on a regular basis. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Despite the presence of two glaring signboards, put up by Chittagong Metropolitan Police, designating the street one-way route, errant drivers seen keep on driving in the wrong direction, causing a huge gridlock in the area. Traffic sergeants standing nearby seem to be oblivious even though they witness such anomalies every day. The photo was taken yesterday at GEC intersection, one of the busiest roundabouts in the port city. Photo: Anurup kanti Das
Traffic at a standstill on one side of the street near the Jatiya Press Club in the capital after members of Bangladesh Diploma Bekar (unemployed) Nurses Association and Bangladesh Basic Graduate Nurses Society blocked the busy thoroughfare around yesterday noon, demanding recruitment of nurses on the basis of their merit and seniority. The protesters left the street half an hour later on police request. Photo: Amran Hossain
