Patenga beach is considered a tourist attraction but used to have few visitor-friendly services. With a 16km protection embankment and ring road under construction, people will now have somewhere to sit, chat and enjoy snacks in a safe environment. The initiative has already started drawing visitors in large numbers. The photos were taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Patenga beach is considered a tourist attraction but used to have few visitor-friendly services. With a 16km protection embankment and ring road under construction, people will now have somewhere to sit, chat and enjoy snacks in a safe environment. The initiative has already started drawing visitors in large numbers. The photos were taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Patenga beach is considered a tourist attraction but used to have few visitor-friendly services. With a 16km protection embankment and ring road under construction, people will now have somewhere to sit, chat and enjoy snacks in a safe environment. The initiative has already started drawing visitors in large numbers. The photos were taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Outgoing Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla at a meeting with President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday. Photo: PID
These street vendors collect artisanal quilts hand-crafted by women in villages, and bring them to Dhaka to sell door-to-door and at major road intersections. These quilts are priced between Tk 800 to Tk 4,000 apiece, depending on size and design. The photo was taken from Baily Road yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
Pedestrians cross the busy roundabout of Mirpur 10, ignoring risks and disrupting the free flow of traffic. The jaywalkers are seen every day although there is a large footbridge overhead, and it has stairs on all four sides. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
A hungry White Wagtail, known as Khonjona in Bangla, catches A hungry White Wagtail, known as Khonjona in Bangla, catches a worm to feast on in the Mirpur Stadium. This sparrow sized long-tailed songbird is known for its speedy legs when catching insects on the ground. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Firefighters spray water as thick smoke billows from a plastic factory in Islambagh area of Old Dhaka around 12:40pm yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Garo students observe a candle-lit vigil at a memorial of Piren Slan in Tangail's Madhupur yesterday, his 15th death anniversary. Piren was killed on January 3, 2004, when police and forest guards opened fire on demonstrations against the establishment of an Eco Park in Madhupur forests. Photo: Collected
Road communication between Dhaka and Moulvibazar remained suspended for hours yesterday after the trailer carrying a crane got stuck on a dirt road at Sathgaon tea estate in Sreemangal. Photo: Mintu Deshwara
