Bangladeshis reach the BIWTA jetty in Cox’s Bazar’s Nuniarchara from Myanmar yesterday after serving jail terms in the neighbouring country on different charges. The Myanmar authorities sent back 173 Bangladeshis. Photo: Mokammel Shuvo
Guardians of child patients in the capital’s National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases are using whatever is at their disposal -- from hand fans to medical folders -- to provide some relief to their little ones from the searing heat. The hospital fans are proving to be inadequate to tackle the extreme heat. The photo was taken yesterday.
PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
A MOTHER’S WOE … It has been eleven years but Safia Bewa, around 70 years old, still searches for the body of her deceased son every year on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, when all the victim families gather at the site of the disaster. Her son, Lal Mia, worked as an operator of a garments factory on the third floor of the building. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
Two families with children crossing the street with a footbridge right above their heads on the capital’s Dhaka-Chattogram highway yesterday. One child had fallen behind and was seen running alone in front of incoming buses. 3 days ago, 2 women and 2 children were killed after a bus ran them over while they were crossing a road in Cumilla’s Daudkandi.
Photo: Prabir Das
