Today's Gallery (01.06.2015)
A reception organised by Sammilito Nagorik Forum by blocking half of this road from Kadamtali to Agrabad in Chittagong city's Pathantuli area yesterday for the new mayor, AJM Nasir Uddin, while innumerable posters and banners, not in picture, felicitating him cover the city in stark contrast to his pre-election pledges to ease people's sufferings and enhance the port city's beauty. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Several hundred hawkers block the road in front of Jatiya Press Club while protesting against any eviction drive against them without their rehabilitation first. Organised by Bangladesh Hawkers Union, the rally continued for about two hours causing severe traffic jams across the capital. Dhaka South City Corporation is set to start evicting hawkers from the footpaths of Gulistan today. Photo: Star
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina consoles family members of personnel of Bangladesh's security forces who were killed while serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions abroad. The photo was taken at a programme in the capital's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre yesterday marking International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2015. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Rotary Club of Ramna has given the "Professional Excellence Award to Women" to 10 individuals -- Zobera Rahman Linu for contribution in sports, Syeda Rizwana Hasan for protecting the environment, Kona Reza for promoting traditional food as innovative entrepreneur, Sara Zaker as leading cultural personality, Tasmima Hossain for upholding women's issue through “Anannya” Magazine, Prof Parveen Fatima for introducing infertility treatment in Bangladesh, Prof Farzana Islam for being the first woman vice-chancellor, Salma Khan for contribution to development of women, Professor Emeritus Sultana S Zaman for her lifelong service to people with disability, and Rotarian DG Safina Rahman for being the first woman rotary district governor in Bangladesh. Rotarian Taleya Rehman, president of the club, chaired the ceremony at Gulshan Club, Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Collected
