Residents carry the corrugated tin roof of a salvaged house in Paschim Harinchara village of Khuniagachh union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon after severe erosion by the Teesta devoured a nearby homestead. One of two tin-shed houses was washed away, while locals managed to save the other. PHOTO: S DILIP ROY

Pedestrians make their way past an excavated section of the Sadarghat-Gabtoli-Beribandh Road beside Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital in Dhaka. The road has remained closed for more than three weeks after a Dhaka South City Corporation worker was killed and several others were injured during drainage improvement work. The closure of the busy street has caused widespread inconvenience. PHOTO: RASHED SHUMON