Pedestrians painstakingly make their way through garbage and rows of vehicles on the capital's Nawabpur Road, almost the entire one side of which is taken over by garbage, thrown by vendors who are illegally occupying the adjacent footpath, and even a portion of the road too. The photo was taken in front of Kaptan Bazar Complex yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
The Shalutikor bridge over Chenger Khal River in Sylhet is under a severe threat due to the volume and the frequency of the trucks loaded with sands and stones which far exceeds its capacity. On top of that, ships are often anchored using the pillars of the bridge for loading. The photo was taken on Monday afternoon. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and Chittagong City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin receive a symbolic key for two ambulances from Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla at the liberation war ministry in Dhaka yesterday, which were donated by India to Bangladesh National Freedom Fighters Foundation as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement during his visit to Bangladesh in June last year. One of the ambulances will be used in Dhaka and the other in Chittagong for transporting ailing freedom fighters to hospitals from rural areas. Photo: Collected
Students of Dhaka University form a human chain at the base of Raju Memorial on the campus yesterday demanding punishment for Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Salim Osman for making Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, headmaster of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Bandar area of Narayanganj, hold his own ears and do squats on May 13. The teacher was earlier physically assaulted by a mob over the allegation that he made derogatory comments about religion while beating up a student in class, which turned
out to be a fabrication. Photo: Star
The illegal occupation of footpaths has gone too far, as evident from this one in front of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in the capital's Mohakhali where makeshift shops almost touch the staircase of the footbridge. In the event of emergency, the structures are likely to seriously hamper pedestrians' movement. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
A migrant family carries their belongings during an evacuation operation by police forces of a makeshift migrant camp at the border at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, yesterday. Greek police yesterday moved hundreds of migrants out of the overcrowded camp of Idomeni, launching a major operation to clear up the squalid tent city where thousands fleeing war and poverty had lived for months. Photo: AFP
They had to return to the shore from the Bay without catching fish due to cyclone Roanu. But now the fishermen are mending their nets and restocking their boats to head out again. The photos were taken at Firingibazar of Chittagong yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
They had to return to the shore from the Bay without catching fish due to cyclone Roanu. But now the fishermen are mending their nets and restocking their boats to head out again. The photos were taken at Firingibazar of Chittagong yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
