Manipuri women performing a traditional dance known as Maha Raas on the occasion of Raas Purnima, the biggest festival of the Manipuri community, at Jora Mandap of Madhabpur village in Moulvibazar yesterday. During the performance, they wear a special dress called Kumin, made by local weavers who work intricate designs and patterns into it. The festival is usually held at full moon in Kartik-Agrahayan. Photo: Mintu Deshwara
A demonstrator confronts police officers after protests broke out in Chicago, Illinois, in reaction to the release of a police video of the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Laquan McDonald, by a white policeman, Jason Van Dyke. Racial tensions soared in Chicago Tuesday after the video showed the police officer shooting the teen, who is accused of holding a knife, 16 times. The officer was charged with murder in the incident. Photo: Reuters
Hill areas of Ghatail, Sakhipur and Modhupur upazilas under Tangail district see good yield of brinjal this season, making the popular vegetable available in local markets. The photo was taken from Sagardighi in Ghatail upazila yesterday. PHOTO: STAR
From left, Standard Chartered Head of Corporate Affairs Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology Director (Planning & Development) Rafique Siddique, and renowned lyricist Mohammad Rafiquzzaman at the inauguration of the district festivals of this year's Celebrating Life photography exhibition initiated by The Daily Star and Standard Chartered at the university yesterday. Photo: Star
From left, Dr Prasad R Muglikar, a healthcare professional of Apollo Group in India; R Basil, executive director and CEO of STS Holdings Limited; Dr Deen Mohd Noorul Huq, director general at the Directorate General of Health Services; Prof M Omar Rahman, vice chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh; Dr Muhammad Musa, executive director of Brac; and Syed Moinuddin Ahmed, additional managing director of Green Delta Insurance, at a programme at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka yesterday marking World Quality Day. Photo: Star
Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad forms a human chain before Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday demanding arrest of the attackers of its Faridpur unit general secretary Alok Sen, who was hacked in front of his residence in the district town in the early hours of the day. Photo: Star
