People use a footpath partly dug up in the capital's Farmgate for the work of metro rail project. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A road island on Bijoy Sarani is decorated with images depicting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with global leaders and dignitaries ahead of a public reception for her at the Suhrawardy Udyan today. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A dust control truck sprays water on Sangsad Bhaban Avenue, on the west of Monipuri Para, in Farmgate area. The city corporation has recently launched the initiative to give commuters a respite from dust-laden air, which is mostly a result of the ongoing maintenance and development work and road excavations in almost every part of Dhaka. The photo was taken around 8:00am yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
A procession, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Special Olympics, was brought out from Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka yesterday. It was part of a series of programmes of Special Olympics Bangladesh to mark the occasion. According to a press release, since 1994, when Bangladesh entered the world's largest sporting event for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, the country's athletes won 250 medals, 201 of them gold, and clinched championship nine times in different tournaments. Photo: Star
One of the three cubs born to tiger couple Raj and Pori at Chittagong Zoo. The zoo welcomed the three new guests on Thursday. The cubs are the couple's first offspring since they were brought to the zoo from South Africa in 2016. With birth of the triplets, number of tigers at the zoo has been increased to five. Photo: Star
