Battery-run auto-rickshaws wait well beyond the zebra crossing at a key intersection on Abdul Gani Road in the capital yesterday, despite an automated traffic signal and a traffic officer signalling them to stop behind the line. PHOTO: PRABIR DAS

Farmers block the Chilmari-Kurigram road at Natun Anantapur Bazar of Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila yesterday morning, as they protest delays in fertiliser distribution by a local dealer. Photo: Courtesy of chandan sarkar

Street vendors continue to illegally occupy footpaths and spill onto the roads in front of the capital’s Shishu Hospital & Institute, leaving limited space for patients and other pedestrians to walk. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN

Construction of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway ramp at Panthakunja Park is going on fast. The authorities say the ramp would help reduce travel time by providing residents of Hatirpool, Kathalbagan, and nearby neighbourhoods direct access to the elevated expressway. Environmentalists, however, fear the ramp will destroy the area’s only major green space. The photo was taken on Monday. Photo: Rashed Shumon