No lesson learnt … An overcrowded motor launch in the Turag heading towards Diabari ghat in Mirpur from Berulia yesterday. Just a few days ago, a boat capsized in the Karatoa in Panchagarh due to overload, claiming at least 69 lives. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Patients use test reports as their placeholders in a queue for getting dates for chemotherapy at the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Mohakhali. They start gathering there after midnight for the queue of a counter that opens around 9:00am. The photo was taken around 7:00am yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
FEATHERS OF SILVER… The elegant Silver-breasted Broadbill is one among the many species of the bird seen across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Found in Bangladesh, India, China, Bhutan, and other South Asian countries, these gentle passerine birds live in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests or montane forests. While its numbers have been declining due to hunting and deforestation, it is still not considered to be threatened with extinction. The birds, distinguished by their silky, smooth-feathered appearance, are fairly quiet. When they do call, they make a smooth “tee-lee” sound, which is just as pleasant to the ears as the birds are to the eyes. Photo: Timu Hossain
French Road in Naya Bazar area of the capital has been dug up entirely to install large sewerage pipes. Dhaka South City Corporation started the project around six months ago, apparently without considering how the work would affect locals. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
