Bangladesh opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy pulls one during the third day of the first Test against South Africa in Durban yesterday. The 21-year-old carried the Bangladesh innings – 298 all out for a 69-run first-innings deficit – with a 137 off 326 deliveries, in the process becoming the first Bangladeshi battter to score a Test century against the Proteas. Later, the hosts reached six for no loss at stumps. PHOTO: AFP
Parents arriving with their sick toddlers at the icddr,b Dhaka hospital yesterday amid an outbreak of water borne diseases like diarrhoea and cholera. PHoto: Anisur Rahman
Students demonstrating for safer roads on a street beside North South University in the capital. One of their classmates, Maisha Momotaz Meem, who campaigned for road safety, died in a crash on the way to the campus on Friday. Photo: Star
