Rickshaw-vans loaded with goods plying the wrong side of the busy Dhaka-Chittagong highway. Slow-moving and non-motorised vehicles take to the national highway with hardly any obstruction from law enforcers. As a result, fatal accidents often take place on the roads. The photo was taken from Signboard area in Narayanganj on Tuesday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Two students busy with their last-minute revision before heading into the exam hall at Motijheel Government Girls' High School in the capital. Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations began yesterday across the country with the participation of 24,68,820 eighth graders from 28,628 general schools and madrasas. On the first day, 60,893 candidates were absent while 15 were expelled for resorting to unfair means. Photo: Anisur Rahman
The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam speaking at the "Feedback Session of The Daily Star Reading Project" at Daffodil International University (DIU) in the capital yesterday. Under the project, students of DIU have been reading the newspaper as part of their English learning course. Chairman of the board of trustees of DIU Md Sabur Khan was present among others. Photo: Star
Guests browsing through books at a book fair at the Gyantapash Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth in the capital's Dhanmondi yesterday. Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation organised the fair. Researcher Dr Golam Murshid, Liberation War Museum trustee Mofidul Hoque, the foundation's Director General Prof Ahrar Ahmad, and Kali O Kalam editor Abul Hasnat were present at the inauguration. The five-day fair will continue till November 5. Photo: Star
Authors and guests hold copies of a book titled “Adaptation Technology in Bangladesh” at its publication ceremony in the capital's The Daily Star Centre yesterday. Ten members of Gobeshona, a platform for climate change research organisations, wrote the book. Christian Commission for the Development of Bangladesh (CCDB), International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and Practical Action Bangladesh supported the book's publication. Photo: Star
