People catching fish in the shallow waters of a lake in Kaliganj of Jhenidah as the dry season draws closer and the winter ends. The photo was taken last month. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A fishing trawler gets beached on the Karnaphuli in Chittagong during the low tide yesterday. The accumulation of silt on the riverbed and lack of dredging of the river, its tributaries, and canals, inset, connected to it has left the river in this sorry state. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
“Won't we ever change? When will this end? Where is our humanity? Child abuse can never be tolerated,” Mushfiqur Rahim, wicketkeeper and batsman of the Bangladesh cricket team, wrote in a Facebook post yesterday over the discovery of the bodies of four children, aged between seven and 10, at a Balu Mahal (a place from where sand is extracted) in Sundrateki in Habiganj's Bahubal on Wednesday, five days after they had gone missing. Photo: Facebook
Students of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University paint decorative motifs on the road in front of Central Shaheed Minar in the capital yesterday marking International Mother Language Day, being observed today. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Honey bees feeding on the nectar of flowers of sweet cumin plants (locally known as Misty Soj, Lomba Soj and Digla Soj) at Dhalatengor in Tangail's Kalihati upazila on Thursday. Curries are seasoned with the spice to add flavours. Its green leaves are also used in traditional dishes. Sweet cumin is planted in the Bangla month of Kartik and harvested in late spring or in the month of Chaitra. The spice currently sells for Tk 4,200 per maund (37kg). Photo: Mirza Shakil
NOT TOO LATE: Women smear each other with abir as they celebrate the festival of spring at the Central Shaheed Minar in Sylhet city yesterday. Traditionally people celebrate the occasion on the first day of spring, but the Basanta Utsab Udjapan Parishad, the organiser, said they deferred the festivity, as Pahela Falgun and Swaraswati Puja fell on the same day this year. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
