The installation of the first of 41 spans on piers of the Padma Bridge was completed yesterday. The photo was taken at Shariatpur's Zajira. Photo: Farhana Mirza
Devotees gather on Laboni beach in Cox's Bazar before the immersion of Goddess Durga's idol in the Bay yesterday evening. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A section of the audience at the 15th Monthly Public Lecture titled "Why freedom of press is necessary for the advancement of a modern state" in RC Mazumder Auditorium of Dhaka University yesterday. Photo: Star
The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, inset, was the speaker at the event organised jointly by Reading Club Trust and Gyantapash Abdur Razzaq Foundation. Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman presided over the event. Photo: Star