Fishing trawlers remain docked at the mouth of Chaktai canal in Chattogram city amid the ongoing “National Jatka Conservation Week,” observed from April 8 to 14 to protect hilsa. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Raihan

With iron rods protruding from the ground, drivers must exercise extreme caution while passing this dangerous stretch of Atish Dipankar Road near the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station. For the past two months, underground sewerage works remained unfinished, turning this road hazardous. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman

With hopes for a bright future, men, women, and children offer flowers at Ramna Lake in the capital yesterday on the occasion of Phul Biju, marking the first day of the three-day Baisabi festival, the largest religious and social celebration of the indigenous communities. Photo: Orchid Chakma

Influential individuals use excavators to illegally extract soil from the dried-up bed of the Bonshai river in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail, raising the risk of erosion that could endanger a nearby bridge and surrounding villages. This photo was taken recently. Photo: Star