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Risking lives for bus

Commuters risk their lives to get on or off buses everywhere in Dhaka. Drivers competing for passengers stop the buses in the middle of the streets most of the time. The travellers are also unaware of safety rules or they just ignore them.

A bus driver drops passengers in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar so that the other buses behind him cannot overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A bus driver drops passengers in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar so that the other buses behind him cannot overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A passenger is forced to disembark from a moving bus in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar although the stoppage is just a few yards away as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A passenger is forced to disembark from a moving bus in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar although the stoppage is just a few yards away as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Passengers are forced to get off a moving bus in the middle of the street as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Passengers are forced to get off a moving bus in the middle of the street as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Passengers are forced to get off a moving bus in the middle of the street as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Passengers are forced to get off a moving bus in the middle of the street as the driver does not want to let other buses overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In a desperate competition for passengers, bus drivers drop or take commuters in the middle of the streets of Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In a desperate competition for passengers, bus drivers drop or take commuters in the middle of the streets of Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In a desperate competition for passengers, bus drivers drop or take commuters in the middle of the streets of Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In a desperate competition for passengers, bus drivers drop or take commuters in the middle of the streets of Dhaka. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A bus driver drops passengers in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar so that the other buses behind him cannot overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A bus driver drops passengers in the middle of the street in Dhaka’s Notun Bazar so that the other buses behind him cannot overtake him. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
There seems no end to the recklessness of bus drivers in Dhaka as they flout rules all the time in a maddening race for passengers. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
There seems no end to the recklessness of bus drivers in Dhaka as they flout rules all the time in a maddening race for passengers. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
There seems no end to the recklessness of bus drivers in Dhaka as they flout rules all the time in a maddening race for passengers. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
There seems no end to the recklessness of bus drivers in Dhaka as they flout rules all the time in a maddening race for passengers. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 29 May 2024, 09:14 PM

Updated : 29 May 2024, 09:14 PM

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