Onlookers gather near a car that fell in a roadside ditch in the capital's Moghbazar Wireless Gate area yesterday. Witnesses said that as the driver was talking over phone, the vehicle slipped into the ditch being dug by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa). No one was injured in the incident. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits the Puja Mandap at Dhakeshwari temple in the capital yesterday on the occasion of the beginning of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindus. Photo: BSS
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain inaugurates the Durga Puja mandap at Banani by lighting a ceremonial lamp yesterday. Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla was present as a special guest among others. Photo: Star
A Ganges river dolphin was found on the shores of a tributary of river Padma yesterday, in Louhojong of Munshiganj. It was apparently left by the shore after it was caught in fishermen's nets, and was later beaten to death by locals. Photo: Star
National Federation of the Visually Impaired brings out a procession in Doyel Chattar area of Dhaka University yesterday, marking White Cane Safety Day. Photo: Star