Today's Gallery (2018.02.13)

A truck emits black fumes in the capital's Postagola Bridge area yesterday. Such unfit vehicles are a common source of air pollution in the city. According to studies, air pollution is causing numerous early deaths and making thousands more ill every year. Photo: Amran Hossain
A bulldozer demolishes an illegal structure on the Buriganga during an eviction drive by the BIWTA in the city's Lalbagh area yesterday. The authorities carried out the drive to save the river from encroachment. Story on page 2. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A large flock of Asian open bill storks flutter over Charon Beel, a vast water body in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj. Photo: Star
A purple heron takes off from the water. Bird watchers and nature lovers are, however, a bit frustrated over arrival of lesser number of migratory birds in the area this winter comapred to last year's. Photo: Star
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