This rickety building of Golachipa Upazila Health Complex in Patuakhali is a risk to healthcare workers and patients. Inaugurated on July 1, 1992, the two-storey building has not been renovated in years. On average, 90 patients remain admitted to the health complex. The Patuakhali civil surgeon has written to the higher authorities for funds to renovate the building. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sohrab Hossain
This rickety building of Golachipa Upazila Health Complex in Patuakhali is a risk to healthcare workers and patients. Inaugurated on July 1, 1992, the two-storey building has not been renovated in years. On average, 90 patients remain admitted to the health complex. The Patuakhali civil surgeon has written to the higher authorities for funds to renovate the building. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sohrab Hossain
Shops have already been built encroaching on the century-old DIT pond in the capital’s Gendaria. Locals say the waterbody is at risk of being wiped out by influential land grabbers. The photo was taken yesterday.
Photo: Rashed Shumon
The Jamuna has devoured houses, roads and farmland at Brahmangram village in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila. Many villagers have become destitute due to erosion of the river bank over the last few years. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu