A long tailback in the capital’s Shyamoli on Mirpur Road as differently-abled rickshaw pullers who use battery-powered vehicles blocked the road yesterday demanding their rickshaws be allowed to ply city streets. Plying of such vehicles is banned. The traffic jam lasted for around two hours.
Photo: Prabir Das
A young visitor interacting with one of the attractions at the National Zoo in Mirpur yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
a long line of visitors outside the zoo, which opened yesterday after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The zoo authorities have made mask-wearing mandatory for entrance. Photo: Prabir Das
Several hundred Santals from Sahebganj-Bagda Farm area demonstrating at Katarmor on Gobindaganj-Dinajpur road yesterday demanding return of their forefathers’ land and justice for the murder of three Santals on November 6, 2016. The three were killed when the indigenous people clashed with Rangpur Sugar Mills employees and police over their eviction from the farm area in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj. Photo: Mostafa Shabuj
