This Bailey bridge imploded due to the weight of two heavily loaded lorries on Bijoynagar Matikata Link Road in Rajshahi early yesterday. Two people in the truck that ended up upside down were injured. Photo: Collected
A mobile court inspects bottles of ethephon which was being used to ripen bananas, something the label clearly instructs against, in the capital's Kawran Bazar yesterday. The court jailed 18 traders for one to three months and destroyed 80,000 bananas. Photos: Palash Khan
A mobile court inspects bottles of ethephon which was being used to ripen bananas, something the label clearly instructs against, in the capital's Kawran Bazar yesterday. The court jailed 18 traders for one to three months and destroyed 80,000 bananas. Photos: Palash Khan
A girl carries a water container after filling it up from a Chittagong Wasa water supply point, while others wait for their turn patiently not knowing when they will be able to obtain the precious water again. Chittagong city has been crippled by an acute water crisis this summer due to a high demand and production failure. The ongoing frequent power outage in the city has also doubled their sufferings. The photo was taken in Lalkhan Bazar yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Sandals left by dispersing unemployed nurses after cops charged batons and used water canons on them yesterday night, when they tried to enter Health Minister Mohammed Nasim's Dhanmondi residence, as the deadline for arranging a meeting with the prime minister, a promise that he had made to them, expired. Dozens of the nurses, injured by the police action, were rushed to hospitals. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Teachers and students of Anthropology department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology form a human chain on the campus premises yesterday demanding that the government increase budgetary allocation for education sector. Photo: Star
A general view shows the scene of a suicide car bombing outside Hotel Ambassador on Maka Al Mukaram Road in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, yesterday. Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab yesterday launched a deadly attack on a top Mogadishu hotel popular with MPs, setting off a car bomb and fighting security forces inside the complex. At least 10 people were killed in the attack. Officials said death toll is expected to rise as many people were seriously wounded in the attack. Photo: Reuters
