POACHING WITH POISON… As the migratory birds start arriving, the poachers get active too. Across a swath of the country's coasts, poachers are spreading fine nets the birds fly into and get trapped. But they do not stop there. They mix poison with seeds and leave them for the ducks to eat. As the ducks fall dead in hundreds, the poachers collect the bodies and sell in the market for Tk 600 to Tk 800 a piece. This is exactly what our reporter Jahirul Islam Jewel saw when he visited the islands near Bhola in the southwest. In these photos, poachers are seen collecting Ruddy Shelducks, poisoned and dead. Photo: Star
Photo: Star
Bullock-carts racing in Bahadurpur village of Jessore Sadar yesterday afternoon. After harvesting paddy, locals arrange the race in empty fields in different villages of the district every year and the winner gets exciting prizes like colour televisions and cash. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A photo exhibition organised in front of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital yesterday by a platform, “Simanta Hotta Protirodh Mancha”, protesting and demanding just trials over border killings, including that of 15-year-old Felani Khatun who was gunned down by the Indian Border Security Force when she, along with her father, was returning home from India through the Anantapur border of Kurigram on January 7, 2011. Photo: Star
Traffic on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue gets obstructed for earth piled up from road development works being carried out by Dhaka North City Corporation in East Tejturi Bazar in the capital. The photo was taken around 2:30pm yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
