At first glance, these may look like big snakes. But these snake-like creatures are actually fish, known as Katila to the people in Chittagong. It has a good demand at local markets and is sold for Tk 200-250 a kg. The photo was taken at Firingi Bazar Fishery Ghat in the port city yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
From left, Bengal Foundation Chairman Abul Khair Litu, DNCC Mayor Annisul Huq, professor emeritus Anisuzzaman, Brac Founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Maasranga Television Managing Director Anjan Chowdhury and DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon on stage on the concluding night of Bengal Classical Music Festival at the Army Stadium yesterday. Photo: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed
A religious officer canes an Acehnese woman (R) 100 times for having sex outside marriage, which is against Sharia law, in Banda Aceh on November 28, 2016. Aceh is the only province in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law. People can face floggings for a range of offences -- from gambling, to drinking alcohol, to gay sex. Photo: AFP
Scores of trucks queue up on the walkway right in front of Sylhet Circuit House yesterday. It was built along the Surma river between Keane Bridge and the circuit house for residents to have a glimpse of nature in a jam-packed city. But every day drivers take up the walkway with their vehicles parked from dawn to dusk to upload goods from Kalighat commercial area, preventing the residents from enjoying the opportunity. Photos: Sheikh Nasir
Scores of trucks queue up on the walkway right in front of Sylhet Circuit House yesterday. It was built along the Surma river between Keane Bridge and the circuit house for residents to have a glimpse of nature in a jam-packed city. But every day drivers take up the walkway with their vehicles parked from dawn to dusk to upload goods from Kalighat commercial area, preventing the residents from enjoying the opportunity. On top of that a signboard paper barring the drivers from parking there, was partially torn off, making it imply the reverse. Photos: Sheikh Nasir
It looks like the caged purple swamphen and coot ardently wanting to fly and flutter. But the hopes of the rare beautiful birds have been shattered, with an elderly man, wearing a black sleeveless coat, along with two of his aides enmeshing them in the cage. The men brought them to the Barisal city unit office of Awami League yesterday to present to one of their leaders as gift and speeded away while the photojournalist approached to know their identities. Photo: Arifur Rahman
Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma mesmerises the audience with his brilliant performance on the concluding day of the Bengal Classical Music Festival at the capital's Army Stadium yesterday. Photo: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed
