Workers loading a truck with sacks of paddy at BOC Ghat in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj, one of the largest paddy trading hub of the country. Paddy grown in different districts are brought to the bank of the Meghna by more than 100 boats every day and sent to rice mills. Currently, the bulk of the supply is of BR-29 variety, which is being sold for Tk 1,200 per maund. The photo was taken on Saturday.
Photo: Masuk Hridoy
A locomotive coming out of Chattogram Port and a bus almost collide at Saltgola level crossing on Sunday. The level crossing has no gates to stop vehicles but it has gates for trains instead. Three people were killed at the level crossing on April 6 after a lorry collided with a train transporting oil. Photo: Rajib Raihan
The flow of the Bhadra has slowed considerably and it has become narrower in Chuknagar Bazar area of Khulna’s Dumuria upazila due to encroachment. Waste from homes and shops have turned the water filthy and stinky. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Habibur Rahman
