A girl asks a passerby for help to pay a medical bill as her father, Shahrour, sits in his wheelchair in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus Syria February 3, 2016. Shahrour, head of a 18-member family, had his right foot amputated at the beginning of the Syria war. He can no longer work. One son, 24, has chronic asthma and also cannot work. Medication for father and son costs about $15 a month. The family cannot always raise that as the income of those in work varies each day. Shahrour thinks he and his family should flee their town, and also leave Syria. He knows the situation is no better outside. Nor can he afford to shoulder the financial burdens he may face outside Syria. He and his family have no option but to stay, hoping for a breakthrough. Photo: Reuters
For underprivileged children, life is blighted by poverty and neglect. Many, like Liton, cannot attend school. Every day the kid collects polythene bags, broken glass and plastic bottles from the landfill at Parairchalk in Dakkhin Surma upazila of Sylhet. He can afford a meal only after selling the things he collected. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over awards to Ansar and VDP members for their significant contributions to the force. She gave the awards on the occasion of the 36th National Rally of Ansar and VDP at Ansar-VDP Academy in Shafipur of Gazipur. Photo: PID
Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP meets United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to discuss the importance of cooperation and strengthening institutional relationship between IPU and the UN. The secretary-general also commended the strong leadership and initiative of IPU in engaging with major UN global processes and helping to shape Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. Photo: collected
A group of activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a pro-BNP student organisation, run for cover during chases which occurred for the fourth consecutive day yesterday near the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital over a newly formed JCD committee. One person was injured and three cocktails were reported to have exploded. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid awards a graduate at the 16th convocation of the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) yesterday, on the university property at Uttara-10 in the capital. Prof Abdul Mannan, chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, attended the convocation as a special guest, and Hanne Fugl Eskjær, Danish ambassador to Bangladesh, was the convocation speaker. A total of 2,517 graduates were conferred degrees at the ceremony. Photo: Collected
