Lalmonirhat farmer Khoda Bux inspects the devastation to aman paddy on his 13 bigha land in Dhairkhata on Monday. The receding floodwater has left a ruined field of crop for him and many others like him. Photo: S Dilip Roy
A long string of trucks loaded with stones from quarries in Bholaganj are stuck on the Sylhet-Companyganj road for three days. The poor condition of the road caused many trucks to break down and block the road creating about a 10 km tailback. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Traders had to switch to boats to transport stones and sand. The photos were taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comforts a woman as she breaks down into her arms at Prime Minister’s Office yesterday, when she distributed cheques among injured persons and family members of those who were killed in violence allegedly by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in Indurkani upazila of Pirojpur in 2014 and 2015. Photo: BSS
US embassy Chargé d'Affaires Joel Reifman inaugurates “maker space”, a creative platform for youths to conduct technological experiments, at the American Center in Chittagong city yesterday. To his left is Chittagong Independent University Vice-Chancellor Dr Mahfuzul Hoque Chowdhury. The centre is housed in the university. Photo: Star
