Fishermen prepare to go fishing in the Meghna in Bhola’s Shibpur yesterday, hours before the 22-day ban on hilsa fishing and trading was set to expire midnight last night. The ban was imposed to ensure proper breeding. Photo: Star
THE PHAYRE’S PERILS … The family of a Phayre’s leaf monkey, locally known as “Choshma Bandor”, resting on the branches of a tree in Habiganj’s Satchari National Park. This arboreal primate, native to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, find shelter mainly in tropical, deciduous and evergreen forests, where it feeds on mostly leaves, shoots, seeds, flowers and fruit. Generally, quiet and shy creature, it will flee when threatened by predators. However, an alpha male can often get violent when it comes to protecting his tribes. Unfortunately, these precious creatures have been under major threat due to habitat destruction, fragmentation, logging, roadkill, ecotourism, electrocution and hunting, earning them a spot in the “Endangered” category in the IUCN’s Red List. PHOTO: TIMU HOSSAIN
Schoolchildren curiously looking at the law enforcers standing guard near BNP’s Nayapaltan headquarters, which has been under lock and key since October 29, a day after clashes between party activists and cops left two dead and scores injured. Law enforcers from different agencies have been regularly patrolling the entire neighbourhood, while its residents are in fear of further violence. The photo was taken yesterday afternoon.
PHOTO: AMRAN HOSSAIN
