In quiet despair, a man sits amid the charred ruins of his home in the Bhasantek new slum in the capital’s Mirpur-13 yesterday. The two chickens beside him are all he could save from the blaze that tore through the slum on Sunday evening. Photo: Orchid Chakma
Makeshift fruit stalls have been set up over this rail crossing in the Uttara area of the capital. A train could arrive at any moment, leading to a disaster. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Demanding a ban on battery-run autorickshaws, pedal rickshaw pullers demonstrate outside the Ashwini Kumar Hall in Barisal city yesterday.
Photo: Titu Das
