Thousands of devotees gathered at the Patenga sea beach in Chattogram to immerse the idol of Goddess Durga on Bijaya Dashami -- the final day of the Durga Puja festival -- yesterday. The custom of the immersion is symbolic of the departure of Durga to her home and to her husband Lord Shiva. PHOTO: RAJIB RAIHAN
Four-year-old Afia surrounded by her aunt and sister as her mother nebulises her at a DNCC hospital in the capital’s Mohakhali yesterday. Afia was admitted to the hospital on the 12th with dengue. Due to the respiratory issues that come with the disease, she needs to be nebulised multiple times a day.
PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
