Yellow hill tortoises nibbling on papaya and cucumbers at Chattogram Zoo yesterday. Listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, five of these reptiles hatched on June 6, around 120 days after a female tortoise laid seven eggs. With the latest births, 10 tortoises have hatched under the zoo’s conservation breeding programme, eight of them surviving, doubling the zoo’s yellow hill tortoise population from eight to 16 in four years. Photo: Rajib Raihan

Encroachers venture deep into the Turag river with a brick kiln beyond boundary pillars in the Shamlashi area on the outskirts of Dhaka. A tall chimney and thousands of unbaked bricks stacked in rows on the grabbed land lay bare a lack of enforcement of laws to conserve vital waterways around the capital. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rashed Shumon

Large pits have emerged after soil was extracted from beneath the Padma rail link bridge in the Aliganj area of Narayanganj’s Fatullah. The district administration yesterday halted the excavation following locals’ concerns that the work could damage the structure. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan

A man jaywalks across a road in Dhaka’s Paribagh area as vehicles occupy the zebra crossing near a traffic signal. When vehicles block spaces meant for pedestrians, people are forced to move through traffic, putting their safety at risk. The photo was taken recently. Photo: PALASH KHAN