The Hooded Pitta is a regular summer visitor to the
forests of Bangladesh. The species occurs in many countries in South and Southeast Asia but migrates to Bangladesh during the monsoon season. The species has distinctive features including a very short tail, striking wing feathers and a strange foraging behaviour. Photo: Sayam U Chowdhury
Two firemen help people cross the waterlogged road using a towable tube in the city's Shantinagar area after heavy rain yesterday. Bri Gen Ali Ahmed Khan, director general of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said they bought towable tubes for the recent floods but are now deploying those in different areas of Dhaka and Chittagong to help people, especially the elderly, women and students. Such tubes were deployed in Mirpur, Notre Dame College area and Bangabhaban areas, he said. The picture was taken from the Facebook group “Traffic Alert”, posted by Rezwan Rahman Raj. Photo: Collected
A large tree branch hanging precariously at the corner of the police hospital in Fakirapool intersection of the capital. It may fall on commuters and pedestrians anytime, causing casualties. Though the branch snapped off the dead tree and fell on electric cables several weeks back, there is apparently no-one to remove it for ensuring public safety. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
A large tree branch hanging precariously at the corner of the police hospital in Fakirapool intersection of the capital. It may fall on commuters and pedestrians anytime, causing casualties. Though the branch snapped off the dead tree and fell on electric cables several weeks back, there is apparently no-one to remove it for ensuring public safety. The photo was taken on Tuesday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Green activists form a human chain in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday protesting felling of around 500 fruit-bearing and medicinal trees in Chandrakanti area of Sadullapur under Matlab (north) upazila of Chandpur on July 31. Photo: Star
