Trucks remove debris from part of the Karnaphuli riverbank, now freed from encroachers. With a total of 230 illegal structures knocked down and around 10 acres of land freed, first phase of the eviction drive ended on February 8. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Workers dismantling a structure. The photos were taken yesterday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
A man sits on a window of a bus while it travels on a road in the capital's busy Motijheel area yesterday. Such stunt could turn fatal in no time. Photo: Prabir Das
Dancers ushering in the first morning of Spring on the premises of Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University yesterday morning. Jatiya Barshabaran Utsab Udjapon Parishad organised the event. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A bulldozer wrecking a building on the bank of the Buriganga river in Jhauban area of Kamrangirchar in Dhaka yesterday morning. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority knocked down 124 structures yesterday as part of its ongoing drive against encroachers. Photo: Palash Khan
