A week ahead of International Mother Language Day, workers giving a facelift to the Central Shaheed Minar, which has been decorated with artwork featuring language martyrs. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A week ahead of International Mother Language Day, workers giving a facelift to the Central Shaheed Minar, which has been decorated with artwork featuring language martyrs. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Yemenis inspect the damage following an air-strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on a school and a bowling club, in the capital Sanaa, yesterday. Saudi Arabia has asked the United Nations to move aid workers away from rebel-held areas in Yemen as the Riyadh-led coalition presses on with air strikes against insurgents, according to a letter seen by AFP Thursday. The United Nations flatly rejected the request. Photo: AFP
Farmers clash with police amid tear gas in front of the Agriculture ministry in Athens, during a demonstration against pension reform, yesterday. More than 2, 000 farmers clashed with police in Athens yesterday protesting the austerity measure demanded by the EU and the International Monetary Fund. Photo: AFP
Guests, accompanied by students, release colourful balloons to inaugurate the National Mathematics Olympiad-2016 on the Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School premises in the capital yesterday, jointly organised by the Bangla daily Prothom Alo and Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. Photo: Star
A foggy Barisal-Gournadi highway yesterday. Foggy mornings were seen in Barisal and neighbouring districts in the last couple of days, contributing to an increase in road accidents. At least four accidents occurred on Dhaka-Barisal highway in the last week, while a fifth happened at Ujirpur Isladi Bus Stand yesterday. Photo: Arifur Rahman
