Children play in a field submerged in rainwater in the capital’s Dholaipar area yesterday. At a time when parents are wrestling with what their children can and can’t do to be safe from Covid-19, some come out of their homes and play with their friends. With their schools closed, many children had to stay within the confinement of four walls for months. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Trucks and other vehicles, headed for the capital mainly from Manikganj and Tangail, stuck in gridlock on a waterlogged Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar’s Shimultola area following heavy rain throughout yesterday afternoon. Surrounding areas too suffered the same fate, and the road leading to CRP hospital was submerged completely. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
With traffic rebounding up to almost pre-coronavirus levels, vehicles are caught up in a long tailback at the capital’s Jatrabari intersection around 1:00pm yesterday, the first day of reinstatement of previous fares of public transport. The government had hiked bus fares by 60 percent from June 1 on condition that buses would carry passengers at half capacity and follow other health safety guidelines. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Fruit sellers have set up shops on a road divider at Gulshan -- while this has added some colour to an otherwise bleak street, it is risky for the sellers to be positioned in such an accident-prone place. Moreover, crowds will gather to buy fruits, putting themselves at risk by standing on a busy road. PHOTO: FIROZ AHMED
On the footpath stretching from Karwan Bazar to Farmgate, at least seven to eight such craters have been created which turn into dangerous puddles after rain. With the capital going back to its busy self gradually, these would only bring more suffering to pedestrians. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
Black smoke emanating from the bus’s exhaust covers a biker behind it at the capital’s Bangla Motor. Normal face-tmasks are a great way to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but does little for the fine particles of pollutants we breathe in while commuting every day, slowly damaging our lungs. PHOTO: AMRAN HOSSAIN
