The last remaining mangrove trees of what was once a forest in Patuakhali’s Gangamoti area. Sea erosion continues to wreak havoc on the coastline including the Kuakata beach. The photo was taken on Friday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
This three-year-old wild elephant drowned in a fish hatchery in Bandarban’s Lama upazila yesterday. Divisional Forest Officer SM Kaisar in the upazila told this newspaper that the hatchery falls in the migration corridor of wild animals. Photo: Collected
Protesting the increasing number of rapes across the country, activists of rights organisation Naripokkho staged a demonstration near Dhaka City College yesterday, with banners referring to different cases of violence against women and children. Photo: Prabir Das
The initiative by the two Dhaka city corporations to put up waste bins on the roadsides was welcomed by all, but with passing time and lack of maintenance, only their skeletons remain. Meanwhile, solid waste continues to be dumped on the streets. The photo was taken from Shahbagh recently. Photo: Prabir Das
A large number of motor vehicle drivers crowd in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Traffic West, to pay out fines and clear the traffic rule violation cases filed against their licences. Officials of the office said hundreds of people are flocking to the office, to make sure they are not penalised heavily under the newly-implemented Road Transport Act. The photo was taken yesterday morning from Aurangzeb Road in Mohammadpur. Photo: Rashed Shumon
