A bull cart on a char on the Padma river in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj. The river flows in three small channels in the district and people farm on the chars. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Rabiul Hasan
A motorbike rally promoting road safety awareness in the capital yesterday. The bikers also pledged not to go over the speed limit of 30km in residential areas. The rally was arranged by Brac to observe the UN Global Road Safety Week. Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Mikael Hemniti Winther participated in the rally. Photo: Star
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Acting Managing Director of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd Hashem Chowdhury, Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam, and provosts and students of different halls of the university at the inauguration ceremony of the Season 6 of the Promoting Knowledge programme at the DU administrative building on Thursday. Under the initiative, The Daily Star and Mutual Trust Bank Ltd have been annually distributing one thousand complimentary copies of the newspaper to the residential students of Dhaka University since 2012. Photo: Star
