Pedestrians wait for a train to pass for crossing the lines in the capital's Malibagh a couple of days ago. There are several such spots between Khilgaon Level Crossing and Malibagh Rail Gate areas where people tore down the walls so that they can cross the tracks. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
A sign near one of the spots warning people to cross at their own peril. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
Residents of Kawkhali upazila of Pirojpur formed a human chain in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, demanding that the government take necessary steps to save villages of the upazila from erosion by the rivers Sandhya and Kaliganga. Photo: collected
A mess of cables set up by internet service providers and TV cable operators not only creates an eyesore, but also dangles precariously over the footpath. What makes the place more dangerous is the drawing of telephone and electricity cables alongside this tangle. The photo was taken recently from AK Khandakar Road in the capital's Mohakhali. Photo: Rashed Shumon
The Caravan: Aerial view of Honduran migrants heading to the US, on the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, yesterday. Thousands of migrants who forced their way through Guatemala's northwestern border and flooded onto a bridge leading to Mexico, where riot police battled them back, yesterday waited at the border in the hope of continuing their journey to the United States. Photo: AFP
