A battery-run rickshaw driving across the Malibagh flyover near Mouchak in Dhaka yesterday. Although such slow-moving vehicles are not allowed on flyovers or highways, these rickshaws are often seen flouting the rules, putting commuters’ lives at risk.
Photo: Palash Khan
The Dhaka North City Corporation, entrusted with protecting public roads from encroachment, has itself occupied a portion of one of the capital’s busiest thoroughfares to build a ward office. This brazen irony is all the proof city dwellers need to understand why the city’s long-standing street occupation crisis never gets resolved. The photo was taken yesterday on Pragati Sarani in Baridhara.
Photo: Prabir Das
As part of this year’s Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony, Buddhist devotees carry robes they had woven overnight to be formally presented to the monks, marking the end of their three-month rains retreat, known as Vassa. The ceremony, which began on Thursday, included a series of religious rituals, with monks offering prayers for global peace and harmony. The photo was taken yesterday at Rajbana Vihara in Rangamati. Photo: Orchid Chakma
