The fifth span of the much-hyped Padma bridge is being placed on pillars 41 and 42 in Shariatpur's Jajira point yesterday. With this, 750 metres of the 6.15 km bridge have now become visible. The bridge, one of the largest construction projects of the country, will have a total of 41 spans, each 150 metres long. Photo: Star
Iron bars have been piled up on the pavement, forcing pedestrians into the road near the city's Kakrail intersection. Such iron bars, being used in an under-construction high-rise in the area, have been occupying the footpath for several months. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Ailing teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions have been put on saline drips as they continue their fast unto death in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city yesterday, the fifth day of the agitation, to press home the demand of nationalisation of their institutions. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A cluster of garbage dumpsters, haphazardly parked buses and human hauliers, and street vendors selling fruits and fruit juice take up almost an entire road under the flyover in North Jatrabari, causing a traffic bottleneck on an otherwise relaxed Friday afternoon. Photo: Prabir Das
A patient lies inside an "ambulance" fitted with two large CNG cylinders and a stretcher bed, with no visible equipment or trained personnel for emergency patient care. Such minivans, converted to carry patients and privately operated as "ambulance service", are common in Chittagong. The photo was taken recently from the port city's Lalkhan Bazar. Photo: Rajib Raihan
