Rain and the construction work on the Mouchak-Malibagh flyover have left the Outer Circular Road in the capital almost unusable. The photo of people having to travel dangerously on the road was taken yesterday at Malibagh intersection. Photo: Palash Khan
Children attend a war safety awareness class conducted by civil defence members, in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria, yesterday. Syria's conflict has killed more than 270,000 people and displaced millions since it started with the repression of anti-government protests in 2011. Photo: Reuters
Hawkers occupy the pavement and a portion of the thoroughfare at Bahadderhat intersection of Chittagong city. Rickshaws and other three-wheelers park there and buses stop in the middle of the street, making it significantly narrow for motorists and risky for pedestrians. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
These remains of a building in Janata Bazar of Barisal yesterday, used to be a mosque, which was the only one in the area. It also is not the only structure that got and is getting devoured by the Kirtonkhola River, owing to onrush of water for the last couple of days from the upstream during the high tide, over a long stretch including the areas of Charbaria, Beltola, and Charkaua Kheyaghat as well, rendering hundreds homeless. Photo: Arifur Rahman
Pedestrians meandering through sewer pipes left haphazardly on the street connecting Madinabagh Wasa Road and Ahamadbagh Road in the capital's North Mugdapara on Thursday, for installing those underground, courtesy of the city corporation south. The situation was still the same yesterday for more than a week. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Indian villagers carry containers home after collecting supplies of potable water from a well following a tanker's daily delivery in Shahapur, some 130 kms southwest of Mumbai, yesterday. India is officially in the grip of its worst water crisis in years, with the government saying that about 330 million people, or a quarter of the population, are suffering from drought after the last two monsoons failed. Photo: AFP
Supporters of Federal Alliance, a coalition of Madhes-based parties and other ethnic political parties and organizations, protest against the constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday. Photo: Reuters
