Clad in the colours of spring, children with flowers welcome the king of seasons in the DC Hill area of Chittagong city yesterday, the first day of the Bangla month Falgun. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Merriment in good company during a weekend completes celebrations marking Pahela Falgun and Saraswati Puja yesterday in Dhaka University, where Amar Ekushey Granthamela 2016 is also being held. The photo was taken on the fair's Bangla Academy premises. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
A Dhaka South City Corporation worker replaces a conventional sodium street light in the capital's Intercontinental Hotel area yesterday with a light emitting diode (LED) bulb, some to be run by solar power. The installation of the LED lights, which will save electricity and emit brighter lights is an initiative taken by DSCC as part of its Clean Dhaka campaign. Photo: star
Hindus praying to the goddess of knowledge, Saraswati, at Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University yesterday, where quite a few idols were made on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, which coincided with the first day of spring this year, multiplying the festivity. Photo: Star
A hunter releases his tamed golden eagle during the traditional hunting contest outside the village of Nura, east from Almaty, Kazakhstan, yesterday. Photo: Reuters
A tamed hawk attacks a rabbit. Photo: Reuters
A bunch of teenagers and preteens head for the drying haors at Yambil in Jaintiapur of Sylhet with their fishing gear in the early morning. It is almost a tradition for people of the rural areas to go fishing in groups like this in the dry season. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
