People help a family carry a sick newborn whose ambulance got stuck in a jam near Shanir Akhra on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the capital yesterday. The ambulance taking the critically ill child from Dhanmondi to Bangladesh Neonatal Hospital in Narayanganj was stuck as locals blocked the highway demanding uninterrupted gas supply. Photo: Star

Without any safety harness, two workers are painting a 17-storey building, hanging precariously from a makeshift ladder, in Barishal city. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Titu Das