Nagin Pahar was once a prominent and large hill in Chattogram city’s Bayezid area, but years of hill cutting by local influentials has reduced it to its current height -- lower than the fifth-floor window from which this photo was taken on Wednesday. In its original form, it spanned the area now occupied by residential buildings. Efforts are underway to erase the remains of the hill that was once a landmark of the port city.
Photo: Rajib Raihan
Fire service officials and the hospital’s security staffers inspecting the damage after the fire was doused. Photo: Prabir Das
Parents and attendants along with child patients sitting outside Dhaka Shishu Hospital yesterday afternoon. A fire broke out in the Cardiac ICU unit around 1:45pm, following which people left the wards of the children’s hospital. Photo: Prabir Das
Dilapidated structures line the stretch of land along this demarcation pillar of the Buriganga at Imamganj in Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh. BIWTA last year conducted a drive to demolish the illegal structures that had encroached on the river, but left it unfinished. Soon, the partially demolished structures were refitted, and the scrap shops and plastic recycling workshops began running again. The workers of these shops also live on top of these shaky constructions. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
As the mercury climbs and the sun beats down mercilessly, five crows in the capital’s Ramna Park enjoy some relief by drinking from the lake. The photo was taken around noon yesterday.
Photo: Rashed Shumon
