A man is working on a solar panel at a Bede Palli on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj. Use of solar panels to generate electricity has become popular among the Bedes, a gypsy community people, as it does not require any additional fuel cost. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Jahid Anwar, assistant director (public relations) of the Wage Earners' Welfare Board of the expatriates' welfare ministry, hands over a cheque of Tk 1 lakh to Miraj Munshi, a Bangladeshi worker who was injured in his workplace in Malaysia in March. The initiative to ensure proper treatment of Miraj came following a report published by The Daily Star on May 9. Photo: Palash Khan
With no protection whatsoever, a man dozes off on the roof of a running bus, oblivious to the risk of falling off the roof anytime. He may meet a terrible tragedy if the bus slams on the brakes suddenly. The photo was taken in the capital's Bashabo area on Tuesday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
A non-MPO non-government secondary school teacher of ICT and computers being given intravenous saline drip during a hunger strike demanding inclusion in monthly pay order list for school teachers. Photos: Star
Meanwhile, several students of medical technology and pharmacy fell sick at another ongoing hunger strike for a 10-point demand including new posts for them, and establishment of a diploma education board. Photos: Star
One of the hunger striking students became so sick that she had to be taken to a hospital, but on a rickshaw, the authorities concerned did not care to have ambulances stand by. The photos were taken in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday where both of the hunger strikes are taking place. Photos: Star
Inter-Parliamentary Union President Saber Hossain Chowdhury addressing parliamentarians of the Russian Federation at plenary session of the council of the federation presided over by Chairperson Valentina Matvienko, in Moscow yesterday. Photo: Collected
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake meets BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office in the capital yesterday. This was the first meeting between them since Blake arrived in Dhaka in January this year. Photo: Collected
