DHAKA is a city of life for millions, its streets serving as vital arteries through which people and vehicles flow from morning until night. And beneath this restless movement lies a silent danger that has become an everyday threat: open manholes. What should be innocuous components of the city鈥檚 drainage and utility systems have instead turned into lethal traps. Their...
The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities to submit a detailed report on the death of a 32-year-old woman, Faria Tasnim Jyoti, who fell into an uncovered manhole in Tongi in Gazipur and died on July 27, within 90 days...
A university student had a close shave about three weeks ago when he almost fell into an open manhole opposite the truck stand at Dholaikhal in Old Town of Dhaka.
THIS is deplorable that the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to accidents caused by open drains, manholes and potholes. Footpaths and even roads in all cities are dangerously dotted with open manholes and drains. Accidents in such places make the headlines from time to time and yet, the problem persists without an effective remedy. A photograph that...
Social activists, students and local residents held a protest rally in Rajshahi city on Thursday, demanding urgent action from the authorities after a student of Rajshahi College was seriously injured by falling into an uncovered manhole near the college...
