A traffic police constable resorts to using a piece of rope stretched across the street to halt traffic, as drivers often ignore his hand signals. The photo was taken yesterday near the High Court in the capital. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Men and women from different villages wait in separate lines to collect rice at Khornia Union Parishad office in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila yesterday. The government is providing destitute families with 10kg of rice each for free under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme ahead of Eid.
Photo: Habibur Rahman
Despite a government ban on these battery-run auto-rickshaws, various garages across the capital continue to assemble these vehicles regularly. While authorities take many such vehicles off the street, others simply take their place. The photo was taken in the Rayerbazar area yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Workers load logs onto a trawler bound for Dhaka. These logs are then used for making various furniture. They earn Tk 700 a day working from 6:00am till evening. The photo was taken in Swarupkathi upazila of Pirojpur yesterday. Photo: Titu Das
