Horse-drawn carts carrying logs being driven on the Dhaka-Aricha highway near Aricha Ferry Terminal in Manikganj, defying a ban on the movement of such vehicles on highways. Logs from local villages are transported to sawmills in the district town. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Palash Khan
Two women, including one carrying a baby in her arm, jaywalk on a busy street in the capital’s Shahbagh intersection area yesterday morning. A footbridge is only a few metres away, but they would not use it. Like them, many other pedestrians often put themselves in harm’s way while crossing roads.
Photo: Prabir Das
The Atrai devours houses along its bank as erosion by the river has taken a serious turn in Solakura area of Natore’s Singra upazila. The river was flowing 51cm above the danger level at Singra point yesterday, three days after the upazila was hit by floods. About 1.55 lakh people have been affected by flooding in Singra and Naldanga upazilas of the district. Photo: Collected
Showing a shocking disregard for safety, a man rides a motorbike along with his wife and three children in the capital’s Shyamoli area. The family was on the way to its Tejgaon home in the city from Manikganj. The photo was taken last week. Photo: Palash Khan
