WINGED BALLET ... A red-wattled lapwing, popularly known as “hottiti”, flying gracefully above the Mirpur stadium in the capital. Mostly found in the southern parts of Bangladesh, the bird is easily distinguishable by the bright red patch around its eyes and beak, forming a mask-like shape. But its most striking feature is its call, which sounds like a loud “did-you-do-it?”. In the west, it is sometimes referred to as the “did-you-do-it bird”. PHOTO: FIROZ AHMED
A trader cutting open a palmyra palm fruit near Chattogram city’s Kadamtoli intersection. The fruits are collected from different districts and stored there for sale. The juicy fruit is in good demand in the scorching summer heat. Inset, the pulp of a palmyra palm fruit. The photos were taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
A trader cutting open a palmyra palm fruit near Chattogram city’s Kadamtoli intersection. The fruits are collected from different districts and stored there for sale. The juicy fruit is in good demand in the scorching summer heat. Inset, the pulp of a palmyra palm fruit. The photos were taken on Wednesday. Photo: Rajib Raihan
This road in Shamlapur of Savar is hard to navigate, as the swollen Turag has been eating it away. Locals say such erosion occurs every monsoon, causing immense sufferings to them. They have long been demanding a permanent solution but to no avail. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A battery-powered rickshaw van with eight passengers plying the second Buriganga bridge in Old Dhaka yesterday. Operation of rickshaw vans on the bridge is forbidden, and such overloading with passengers poses risk of severe injury. Photo: Palash Khan
