Children in Chattogram have resorted to the best way to beat the heat -- diving into the Karnaphuli. The photo was taken yesterday from the city's Fishery Ghat area. Photo: RAJIB RAIHAN
Five members of what can only be assumed as a family, share the seat – and the fuel tank -- of a motorcycle on the busy Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue near Paribagh. The woman wearing a helmet is busy on the phone, while three children have no protective gear. As if that was not enough, a closer inspection reveals that the motorcycle is not even registered, and has the name of a motor shop instead of a number-plate. Photo: AMRAN HOSSAIN
Child patients being treated at the icddr,b in the capital yesterday. Hospital sources said the number of diarrhoea patients was increasing there with the mercury going up. Photo: Palash Khan
