Sludge formed from salt, algae and waste at a shrimp enclosure in the Gojalia village of Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. Paddies planted on at least 50 bighas of land across several villages in the upazila have been destroyed due to the pumping of brackish water in the nearby Chila river. Alleging that some politically influential locals of Magurkhali union have released the water into the river and secured off a portion there for shrimp farming, many paddy growers have filed complaints to the authorities concerned. However, nothing has been done yet to address their woes. The photo was taken recently.
PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a high-level executive business roundtable titled “US-Bangladesh Economic Partnership: Shared Vision for Smart Growth” at the Great Hall of the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC on Tuesday.
Photo: PID
Women line up to collect drinking water piped from a tube well of a house in Chattogram city’s Uttar Kattoli. Residents in some areas of the city have not been able to drink Chattogram Wasa water in the last few months due to high salinity. The Wasa is in trouble as tidal saline water has entered the Halda river, one of the sources of its supply water, from the Karnaphuli. The photo was taken on Tuesday.
Photo: Rajib Raihan
Two fathers of SSC examinees play a game of chess while waiting on a road divider near an exam centre in Green Road area. With exams lasting three hours, guardians find ways to keep themselves busy until their children are done with the tests and are ready to go home.
PHOTO: PRABIR DAS
