At first sight, the waterbody gives the impression that it is some uncared-for drainage canal flowing on the outskirts of Dhaka city instead of reflecting the reality that this is Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake that snakes through the posh residential neighbourhoods of the capital. The situation has resulted from unchecked disposal of sewage and garbage into it, with the city corporation hardly bothered about cleaning the lake and clarifying its water, the two features it should have had, to beautify the city landscape. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
From left, Waker Mahmud, head of PR, Everjobs; Giss Verheijke, managing director of Everjobs; Munir Hasan, ICT consultant; and Bart Van Dijk, business development manager, at a press conference organised by the job portal Everjobs at The Daily Star Centre yesterday. Photo: Star
Participants at a training workshop for journalists "Learning to Promote Your Health Programme" organised by Voice of America, in association with USAID and Radio Today at The Daily Star yesterday. Photo: Star
Nobel peace prize winning child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, right, is welcomed by Channel i's Director and Head of News Shykh Seraj, left, and Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar when he visited the private television network's office on Sunday evening. Photo: Channel i
Numerous stones and brick chips protrude from this pothole-riddled road stretching from Kadamtali to the old railway station, especially the BRTC area, in Chittagong city. Apart from damaging the suspension, this slows down vehicles, particularly rickshaws, leaving passengers vulnerable to mugging. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Star
