Law enforcers frisk bikers and check an auto-rickshaw at a makeshift checkpoint on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Dhaka’s Shanir Akhra yesterday. Stringent security measures have been put in place across the country ahead of the parliamentary polls today.
Photo: Amran Hossain
Dibakar and Ontora, doctors of DMCH, could not hold their tears as they tried to identify Chandrima Choudhuri Sharani, sister of Dibakar, yesterday morning at the DMCH emergency ward. A doting brother, Dibakar was supposed to pick his sister up from Kamalapur Railway Station once the Benapole Express train would reach. However, Sharani fell victim to the gruesome arson attack on the passenger train, which left four dead and many injured, on Friday night.
PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
People thronging the Railway Market in Khulna city to stock up on sweaters, jackets, gloves and more amid the ongoing moderate cold wave sweeping across the country. According to the Met, the temperature is expected to dip further over the next five days. The photo was taken recently.
PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN
