A forum of freedom fighters and the martyrs' families forms a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday, demanding that the retirement age of the freedom fighters, who are in government service, be increased. Photo: Star
Tanjim Ahmad known as Sohel Taj, former member of the Awami League cabinet, along with his two elder sisters Simeen Hussain Rimi and Mahjabin Ahmad Mimi, not in pictures, meets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban on Saturday night. The son of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first prime minister of the country, was made state minister for home after the AL assumed power through the December 29, 2008 elections but he resigned both from the cabinet and parliament later. The pictures, shared by Mimi on her Facebook page, went viral, and The Daily Star took her consent to publish the photos. Photo: Collected
Village Defence Party Employees Union stages a sit-in in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday, demanding the same wages and benefits the government class IV employees enjoy. Photo: Star
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus talks to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a reception the latter hosted at Davos on Saturday to discuss about international development. During their meeting, singer and poverty activist Bono and Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey joined the discussion to give their views. Photo: Yunus Centre
A rear body panel of this bus, running between Narayanganj and Gazipur, is missing, exposing the legs of a passenger. Despite repeated drives against rundown buses, such unfit vehicles still ply various routes in the city. The photo was taken at Rampura recently. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in tears as she offers fateha at the grave of her youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko at the Banani Graveyard yesterday. It was Koko's first death anniversary. Photo: Banglar Chokh
