Workers loading a tractor with stones dug up from the bank of the Dhalai River at Bholagonj in Sylhet's Companyganj upazila, some 40 kilometres off the city. A group has been illegally extracting stone from the river banks for about four months after they were stopped by the upazila administration from extracting stone from the river bed. Such activity has been causing erosion of the river, threatening the very existence of nearby villages. The photo was taken on Saturday. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
A rickshaw-van trips over after hitting a large pothole on the DIT road in the capital's Hajipara area yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Commuters suffer delays every day on the road stretching from Rapura bazar to Malibagh bazar as it has been in a very bad shape for over three months. Photo: Anisur Rahman
With the country moving towards gaining middle income status, its utility service providers do not seem to be moving forward. Rather than ensuring public safety by adopting modern techniques in maintaining service networks, they seem to be increasingly reliant on unsafe practices. Three sets of power transformer poles are provided support with logs and bamboo on DIT Road in East Rampura in the capital. Photo: Palash Khan, Rashed Shumon, Prabir Das
Communication service cables hanging loose on the sidewalk of DIT Avenue near Rajuk building, the development authority of the city. Photo: Palash Khan, Rashed Shumon, Prabir Das
Oblivious to the imminent danger, people walk below a mesh of live electric wire on a sidewalk in the New Market area in Chittagong city. Photo: Palash Khan, Rashed Shumon, Prabir Das
Representatives of 14 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) nations at an Initial Planning Conference (IPC) in the capital yesterday. IONS Multilateral Maritime Search & Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) 2017, a sea based exercise, is going to be conducted in November under the arrangement of Bangladesh Navy with the participation of Indian Ocean Littorals. Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) Rear Admiral M Makbul Hossain inaugurated the event at Naval Headquarters Complex. A workshop on “Maritime Search and Rescue” was also conducted to set the tone of upcoming exercise. The IONS nations include Bangladesh, Australia, France, China, India, Oman, the UAE and Russia. IONS is a multinational maritime security initiative undertaken in 2008, aimed to promote measures and mechanisms of constructive engagement in the maritime domain. Photo: ISPR
Demanding arrears and other allowances, garment workers of Q Point Fashions, carrying red flags, hold a rally in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Photo: Star
