An empty locally made vehicle goes past another laden with firewood in the Rirnia area on the Khulna-Satkhira highway yesterday. Such vehicles are banned on highways. Photo: Habibur Rahman

A boy appears visibly weak while receiving treatment for dengue at Mugda Medical College and Hospital. At least three dengue patients died and 458 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, raising the death toll to 43 and confirmed cases to 13,098 this year. Photo: Palash Khan

Breathing poison :A woman carrying a child walks through heavy smog along rail lines beside steel rolling mills spewing toxic smoke into the air. The photo was taken in Dhaka’s Shyampur yesterday. Photo: Mehedi Hasan