This handout picture released yesterday by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast yesterday. At least seven migrants have drowned in the tragedy. The navy said 500 people had been pulled to safety, but rescue operations were continuing and the death toll could rise. Photo: AFP
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump (bottom L) watches as police remove a protester as he holds a rally with supporters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday. Protesters opposed to Trump hurled rocks and bottles outside a rally he spoke at in New Mexico on Tuesday, the same day the bombastic billionaire won the Republican presidential primary in Washington state. Photo: Reuters
Vegetable sellers and hawkers occupy almost the entire walkway of the footbridge at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital, leaving hardly any room for pedestrians. The photos were taken yesterday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Vegetable sellers and hawkers occupy almost the entire walkway of the footbridge at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital, leaving hardly any room for pedestrians. The photos were taken yesterday. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq
Women and children gather near a leaking city corporation water pipe to fetch water in Sylhet city, which has been facing an acute water crisis for a long time. The photo was taken in the Ambarkhana area yesterday. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Marking the 117th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, his family members place a wreath at his grave on Dhaka University Central Mosque premises yesterday. People from all walks of life paid homage to the “Rebel Poet” and celebrated the day with poetry recitals and musical programmes. Photo: Prabir Das
