Photo: Star
Clad in sweaters, leggings and monkey caps to keep warm, sisters Kamna and Ritu Poddar walk through the thick morning fog to get to their school. The photo was taken in Beel Pabla village of Khulna’s Dumuria upazila yesterday.
PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN
Bangladesh Railway yesterday conducted a trial run with trains running at full speed -- 120km per hour -- on the Jamuna Railway Bridge from the east end (Bhuapur, Tangail) to the west end (Sirajganj Sadar upazila). The authorities said the bridge would be inaugurated soon if everything goes well with the trial.
Photo: Mirza Shakil
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus witnessing the manoeuvre exercise of an infantry brigade at Rajbari Military Training Area yesterday. Bangladesh Army’s 55 Infantry Division organised the event, attended by Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan. Photo: Star
