A common hoopoe is in action before swallowing an insect. Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive “crown” of feathers. This photo was taken from Gazipur’s Sreepur recently.
Photo: Courtesy of Mosabber Hossain Ribon
People have to wait in queues for hours to buy daily essentials at subsidised prices from trucks of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). In this photo taken yesterday in Khulna’s Shibbari intersection, a woman in a TCB line is seen furious as others tried to cut in.
Photo: Habibur Rahman
Clouds of smoke blow out a warehouse of garment by-products in Chattogram city’s Aturar depot area and firefighters spray water to douse the fire. Four other such warehouses were also burnt. The fire, which broke out around 5:00am yesterday, was extinguished around four hours later. The origin of the fire could not be known immediately. Photo:
Rajib Raihan
Students demonstrate by the side of DIT Road in the capital’s Rampura around 4:00pm yesterday. During the protest, they distributed copies of a leaflet containing their 11-point demand, including safe roads and justice for those killed in road crashes. Photo: Palash Khan
