Tracks missing their rail anchors near the fish wholesale market in the capital's Kawran Bazar. There are over 100 missing in the stretch from here till the Moghbazar crossing. Locals say drug abusers break these off to sell at metal recycling shops for Tk 40 a kilogramme. The photo was taken last month. Photo: Anisur Rahman
The lids of this and nine other sewer openings in Pargandaria of the capital's Jatrabari were intact just two months ago but were broken up by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) for installation of pipes. DSCC abruptly left after locals told them it was unnecessary, zone 5 Executive Engineer Kazi Md Borhan Uddin told The Daily Star on Sunday when the photo was taken, adding that they would fix it in 48 hours. Meanwhile, solid waste continues to enter and clog the sewers while the holes pose a threat to passers-by. Photo: Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Children seeking admission to class-II and class-V wait to be picked by their parents on the other side of a bamboo fence put up by Tejgaon Government Girls' High School yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Worries written all over her face, a girl looks for her parents. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Children coming out of the school after the exam. Photo: Rashed Shumon
