Indian bystanders and travellers gather as floodwaters lap at the end of a highway in Chennai yesterday. Inset, flooded Chennai international airport. India has deployed troops to Tamil Nadu and closed the main airport there after heavy rains worsened weeks of flooding that has killed nearly 200 people in the southern coastal state. Photo: AFP
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) demolishes illegal structures in Merul Badda of the capital yesterday to recover four acres of public land, which will be used in construction of a U-turn as a part of the Hatirjheel development scheme. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia enchants the Dhaka audience with his flute performance on the closing night of Bengal Classical Music Festival. Photo: Ridwan Adid Rupon
