Today's Gallery (2022.08.02)

Workers sorting hilsa at Mahipur fish landing station in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila on Sunday. Fishermen are happy with the good catch in the Bay of Bengal after the end of the 65-day ban on fishing on July 23 midnight. Wholesalers were selling the fish for Tk 24,000-Tk 45,000 per maund, depending on their sizes. hilsa being loaded on to a truck at Notun Fishery Bazar in Chattogram city’s Chaktai area yesterday. Photo: Star
Workers sorting hilsa at Mahipur fish landing station in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila on Sunday. Fishermen are happy with the good catch in the Bay of Bengal after the end of the 65-day ban on fishing on July 23 midnight. Wholesalers were selling the fish for Tk 24,000-Tk 45,000 per maund, depending on their sizes. hilsa being loaded on to a truck at Notun Fishery Bazar in Chattogram city’s Chaktai area yesterday. Photo: Star
Strips of colourful lights adorn the lamp posts on the central reservation of Kamal Ataturk Avenue in the capital last night. This goes on when the country is enduring blackouts and the government has asked all to turn off all unnecessary lighting. Photo: Rashed Shumon
The water of the Buriganga near the capital’s Shyampur area has turned a fluorescent green as dyeing factories there have been dumping waste into the river through underwater pipes. Such mindless acts have long been destroying the biodiversity, causing the slow death of the river. The authorities concerned, such as the environment department, seem to be the least bothered, while residents in nearby areas are having to endure toxic water and bad odour for years on end. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: AMRAN HOSSAIN
Photo: Star
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