People of all ages get down on all fours engaging in an age-old competition to catch fish as much as possible in the muddy waters of a nearly dried-up canal in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Saturday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
Risking their lives, devotees travel on the rooftop of a train to return to the capital after Akheri Munajat of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema that ended yesterday. The photo was taken at Tongi in Gazipur. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina places wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital's Dhanmondi-32, marking Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day yesterday. Photo: Star
Construction materials of an adjoining building block this footpath in front of Chittagong Press Club while undesignated parking takes up space on the adjacent Jamal Khan Road in the port city yesterday although both practices have been banned by the city corporation. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Christians at a daylong hunger strike before Barisal city's Ashwini Kumar Hall request the prime minister to stop the government's move to build a court building on, what they claim, their land adjacent to Barisal District and Sessions Judge's Court. They say a pond on 1.5 acres of land belonging to Barisal Saint Peter's Church was filled up to implement the project. The waterbody, excavated for baptising Christians affiliated with the church, was constructed in 1849 on the leased land. The law minister is supposed to lay the foundation stone of the building tomorrow. Photo: Star
One of the two frigates received from China for Bangladesh Navy reaches Chittagong naval jetty yesterday. According to an ISPR press release, each of the ships named “Swadhinata” and “Prottoy” measures 90 metres long and 11.4 metres wide. They run at 25 nautical miles per hour equipped with two anti-aircraft guns, an anti-ship missile and are capable of destroying submarines. Their construction started in China on January 7, 2013. The ships will be used in ensuring security during exploration of gas and oil from the deep sea and patrolling the maritime boundary. Photo: Banglar Chokh
