The Dhaka South City Corporation is knocking down a secondary transfer station, a waste storage facility, to expand the Sadarghat-Gabtoli Beribandh Road into eight lanes. The photo was taken in the capital’s Hazaribagh yesterday.
Photo: Rashed Shumon
Traders and their employees block the Pragati Sarani in front of capital’s Jamuna Future Park yesterday morning protesting recent thefts at several shops in the mall. The protest led to a severe traffic congestion on the road.
Photo: Star
Dublar Char of the Sundarbans hosts one of the largest dried fish markets in the country -- Shutki Palli. Dried fish worth around Tk 300 crore is sent all over the country from this market. Local fishermen are allowed to catch and dry fish for six months every year, and over 35 thousand people are involved in the process of making shutki, which takes around three to five days. Wholesalers buy the dried fish from here at Tk 500-550 per kg. The photo was taken recently.
PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN
A visitor observes graffiti and wall art at an exhibition at DrikPath Bhaban in the capital’s Panthapath yesterday. The World Bank organised the event that highlighted the vision and the issues the youth considers important for the future of the country. Photo: Star
TIS THE SEASON! … With winter knocking on the door, people have already started thronging street shops to buy warm clothes. The photo was taken from the capital’s Farmgate area yesterday. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
