Dredging and bank restoration of ages-old Shuvadda Khal in Keraniganj continue under a project funded by Bangladesh Climate Change Trust and the environment and forest ministry. Once an important waterway, the canal on the outskirts of the capital loses navigability in dry season due to siltation and dumping of solid waste. The work being done by the Bangladesh Water Development Board might restore its year-round usage. The photos were taken in Golam Bazar area yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Dredging and bank restoration of ages-old Shuvadda Khal in Keraniganj continue under a project funded by Bangladesh Climate Change Trust and the environment and forest ministry. Once an important waterway, the canal on the outskirts of the capital loses navigability in dry season due to siltation and dumping of solid waste. The work being done by the Bangladesh Water Development Board might restore its year-round usage. The photos were taken in Golam Bazar area yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Workers harvesting potato in a farmland at Kotgaon in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan yesterday. There has been a bumper production of potato in the district this year. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Workers harvesting potato in a farmland at Kotgaon in Munshiganj's Sirajdikhan yesterday. There has been a bumper production of potato in the district this year. Photo: Anisur Rahman
However, last week's rain caused waterlogging in some fields and damaged portion of the yield. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Just a month after being evicted by the Dhaka South City Corporation authorities, hawkers have come back and occupied part of a road and an entire footpath with their merchandise in the capital's Gulistan. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Star
People walk between tents at a makeshift camp after night's rainfall near the Greek village of Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian border yesterday, where thousands of migrants and refugees are stranded. Inset, One of twelve migrants claiming to be from Iran protests with sewn lips against the dismantling of the southern part of the so-called 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais, northern France. A record 1.2 million asylum-seekers reached Europe in 2015, more than double the previous year, new figures showed yesterday as EU head Donald Tusk met Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan to solve the crisis that poses existential crisis for the 28-nation bloc. Photo: AFP
A youth holds a set of banners in front of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, demanding an immediate stop to the recent killing, torture and abuse of children. Photo: Star
Dozens of brick kilns have sprung up on the two sides of Dhaka-Mawa highway, causing air pollution, reducing the arable land, and in some cases encroaching upon the Dhaleshwari River. The photo was taken from the Second Dhaleshwari Bridge yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
