People gather near a carcass of an elephant in the reserved forest of Kutakhali Purnagram in Cox's Bazar's Chakaria upazila yesterday. A herd of elephants destroyed houses after they crossed into locality in search of food Wednesday night. At least nine shots were fired to scare the animals away. This elephant was shot in the head, said witnesses. Photo: Mohammad Ali Zinnat
Illegal digging of soil from the banks of the river Surma remains a lucrative business for influential people. Photo: Sheikh Naser
Truck full of earth regularly transporting soils to use in brick kilns and housing projects. Because of this unabated digging, villages along the riverbank often face erosion threat during monsoon. The photos were taken from a bank of Surma in the Mirerchor area of Tultikor union, yesterday noon. Photo: Sheikh Naser
When he is supposed to study at a school, this child works as a helper of a human hauler driver to make a living. Risking his life, he has to hold an iron bar of the vehicle almost all day long to remain standing behind it to collect fares from the passengers. He earns only Tk 200 to Tk 250 on a daily basis by doing this job. The photo was taken at the capital's Agargaon. Photo: Md Kawsar
Pedestrians look at the photos hung on the outside wall of the National Museum, during a daylong pictorial warning exhibition on packets of tobacco products yesterday with a call for raising awareness of implementation of the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act 2005, organised by Dhaka Ahsania Mission. Photo: Palash Khan
Children form a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club organised by Dhaka City Youth Forum yesterday, demanding an end to child killing and immediate punishment for the perpetrators. Photo: Star
