Horses race in Sylhet's Gowainghat upazila on Monday. Like previous years, the three-day annual event was held in Hajrai ground of Alirgaon union where some 80 horses competed. Thousands of people thronged the ground to enjoy the race. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Rickshaw-van pullers in the city's Shantinagar sleep under mosquito nets with their three-wheelers parked on the pavement around 6:00am yesterday. They said the mosquito menace in the area forced them to buy nets and that they did not have lodging in the capital. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Former US president Barack Obama tries his hand at kite surfing during a holiday yesterday with British businessman Richard Branson on his island Moskito, in the British Virgin Islands, in a picture handed out by Virgin. Photo: Reuters
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives a rose, bloomed in a garden of planning ministry, from Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at the outset of Ecnec meeting at the capital's NEC conference centre yesterday. Photo: PID
Part of the road is made into a workshop underneath the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in the capital's Fulbaria area, where workers are often seen occupying the road showing disregard to public sufferings. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Outgoing Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad along with other commissioners pays a farewell call on President Abdul Hamid at the latter's office yesterday. Photo: PID
