Boats make way through the dark murky water of the Buriganga river in the capital. Mindless dumping of industrial waste and sewage is killing the lifeline of the capital. The stench of the water is unbearable. The photo was taken at Sadarghat in the city on Monday. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Although the city corporation authorities have removed a billboard right on a pavement of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital, the stump of the billboard's pole remains, causing troubles for pedestrians. The photo was taken in front of Pantha Kunja Park yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
A group of students with Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Chairperson Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the inauguration of the CPA Youth Road Show on parliamentary democracy yesterday at the North Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, organised by CPA, Bangladesh. Photo: Star
Schoolchildren are forced to walk over a pile of brick chips on this footpath in Chittagong city's Jamalkhan area yesterday, kept there for the construction of a building, violating the rules of the city corporation. Such malpractice is prevailing in different areas due to inaction. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
A team comprising 119 personnel of Bangladesh Navy meets navy chief Vice Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed on February 28 before leaving for Kuwait the following day to participate in the Operation Kuwait Project-11, provided by the Kuwait Coast Guard. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Eminent Indian actor-elocutionist Soumitra Chatterjee, fourth from left, receives "Kazi Sabyasachi Memorial Award-2016" from Uma Kazi, wife of legendary elocutionist Kazi Sabyasachi, at a programme at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum yesterday. Kazi family introduced the award this year, marking the 37th death anniversary of Sabyasachi, the elder son of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Photo: Star
Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique hoists the national flag in front of Aparajeya Bangla on the campus
yesterday, marking the first hoisting of Bangladesh's flag there on this day in 1971. Photo: Banglar Chokh
