A male Greater Painted Snipe spreads its wings on the grassy field of Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The bird is not related to other kinds of snipes and differs from them in behaviour, flight and appearance. Photo: Firoz Ahmed
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checks the fine texture, softness and lightness of a muslin sari weighing 170 grammes. This sample is a result of a project to revive the muslin, a Bangalee heritage dating back to pre-colonial times. State Minister for Jute and Textiles Mirza Azam presented the sari to the PM at Gono Bhaban yesterday. Photo: BSS
Without taking any safety measure to protect himself against dangers, a worker pulls down a banner from the floodlight tower of Sylhet district stadium yesterday. Workplace death is common in the country, mostly due to the twin causes—negligence of the employer and a lack of awareness of the worker. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
A group of over a hundred people gather in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh to spend the entire night on the streets, protesting the recent harassment of a woman in an auto-rickshaw by police. Photo: SHEIKH MEHEDI MORSHED
Apart from lighting candles, men and women together made merry by singing and dancing on the streets responding to a Facebook event “Desh Amar, Din Amar, Raat-o Amar” (The country is mine; as is the day and the night). Photo: SHEIKH MEHEDI MORSHED
In celebration of his 25 years as editor of the daily, a cake was also cut. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, with his colleagues at The Daily Star premises yesterday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
