Defying a High Court order, a diesel-run three-wheeler, popularly known as nosimon, plying on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. Such three-wheelers slow down vehicles on the highways and contribute to accidents. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A makeshift fruit market has sprung up on the dual-gauge railway lines recently laid in Khilhet as part of the Tongi-Kamalapur rail route. Authorities concerned appear to be doing nothing about it. The lines are still under construction and not yet operational.
Photo: Anisur Rahman
The authorities of Tangail municipality have recently started filling up three ponds on government land in front of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University to establish a two-storey market there. The university and the municipality authorities have already signed an MoU regarding this. Locals, including the traders of the kitchen market that was established by Mawlana Bhasani, yesterday formed a human chain protesting the move. Photo: Star
Sudanese refugees, who have fled the violence in their country, wait to receive food rations from World Food Programme, near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun. Photo: Reuters
