Farmers bring in paddy saplings on boats under the Chirapara Iron Bridge in Kawkhali upazila of Pirojpur. The floating market attracts growers and traders every Friday and Monday mornings during the planting season. The photos were taken on Friday. Photo: Habibur Rahman
Farmers bring in paddy saplings on boats under the Chirapara Iron Bridge in Kawkhali upazila of Pirojpur. The floating market attracts growers and traders every Friday and Monday mornings during the planting season. The photos were taken on Friday. Photo: Habibur Rahman
A relative hugs a hajj pilgrim after he landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night. Bangladeshi pilgrims have started to return home after performing hajj. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Members of a mobile court of Sylhet District Administration inspect the Biman Bandar area of Baishtila village yesterday as part of their drive to stop hill cutting, which continues unabated in the area. The court also sealed the entrance to the hill and seized six excavators during the drive. Photos: Sheikh Nasir
This used to be a vast hilly area where some unscrupulous people have leveled off a huge portion by cutting hills, and created a passageway thorough which heavy machineries could move. The reckless hill cutting not only causes environmental degradation but also needs authorities' frequent intervention. Photos: Sheikh Nasir
Bangladesh Hijra Kalyan Foundation at a human chain in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, demands punishment for those who killed its general committee's vice president Haidar Hijra in the community leader's Islampur residence in Jamalpur on Wednesday. Photo: Collected
Workers and employees of Tampaco Foils Ltd form a human chain in BSCIC area of Gazipur's Tongi yesterday, demanding their employment as parts of the four-storey factory building in Tongi collapsed following a devastating fire on September 10, killing dozens and injuring many more. They also sought withdrawal of the case filed against the factory owner and action against the Titas Gas authorities, who, what they say, are responsible for the disaster. Photo: Star
