Bikers go on a pavement in the capital’s Banglamotor area yesterday and weave through a group of pedestrians. The authorities had set up iron poles on the pavement to stop bikers from violating traffic rules, but one of them is missing, allowing some bikers to get on the pavement. Photo: Prabir Das
A section of lawyers of Dhaka Bar Association demonstrates outside the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court building yesterday, demanding immediate withdrawal of an additional chief metropolitan magistrate for keeping a lawyer on the dock for two hours. The lawyers staged the demo for around two-and-a-half hours from 9:30am, disrupting judicial activities. Photo: Collected
Trash collectors dumping waste collected from nearby households at a roadside ditch in Beribandh area of the capital’s Hazaribagh. As piles of garbage fill up the yard, a lot of the waste is burned, which causes air pollution. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Prabir Das
Sixty-five-year-old Abdul Kuddus, right, and his son-in-law had been suffering from fever for nearly a week. They went to Mugda General Hospital from their home in Rampura yesterday morning to give samples for Covid-19 tests. They, however, had to wait in lines for nearly three hours as the number of people seeking to get tested there has increased in the last couple of days. In this photo taken around 10:00am, both are seen tired inside the hospital compound. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Since her husband, a tailor, became paralysed, Farida Begum has been struggling to survive. She used to make some money through selling food to offices and shops, but that income stopped during the pandemic. Recently she has begun selling cooked food in front of Engineering University School in the capital. She makes around Tk 300-400 per day in profit after buying groceries worth Tk 500 for the business and her family. She manages rent and living with this income. Photo: Amran Hossain
Vendors have once again stationed their stalls and brought back the Santa hats, indoor decorations and confetti ahead of Christmas, and people are busy deciding which items to get for the big celebration. Usually, Christmas brings with it many programmes across the country, however, the pandemic will surely affect this year’s festivities. This photo was taken on Tuesday from the capital’s Holy Cross Road. Photo: Prabir Das
