Today's Gallery (2018.05.26)

Birds of different species take refuge in the trees of this house, not seen in the frame, in Chhalia of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila every year from March to August. The house owner, Imdadul Haque, has planted a lot of trees to make the place a haven for them. However, poaching has become a major headache for him as the birds often get hunted while frolicking and collecting food in nearby wetlands. Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Photo: Sheikh Nasir
Vehicles are caught up in a tailback in Ashekpur bypass area on the Dhaka-Tangail highway as the work for expanding the two-lane road into four-lane is underway. With the Eid-ul-Fitr only around three weeks away, locals and transport workers fear that holidaymakers would suffer delays on the highway as the construction work remains incomplete in parts of the road. Photo: Mirza Shakil
Land is being filled in Gharinda area of Tangail. The photos were taken on Thursday. Photo: Mirza Shakil
Rapid Action Batallion members conduct a mobile court in the capital's Kaptan Bazar market yesterday. Led by RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam and assisted by officials of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute, the drive was run against irregularities like overpricing of meat beyond City Corporation-set rates. Photo: Prabir Das
Sale of rotten meat; preserving meat in unhygienic conditions; and increasing meat weight by submerging it into water. The mobile court fined various sellers a total of Tk 6.25 lakh, and gave two-month jail sentences to five people. Four maunds of rotten meat were also confiscated in the drive. Photo: Prabir Das
Photo: Prabir Das
Photo: Prabir Das
The Eid shopping spree has started in Dhaka city. Like most other shopping centres, New Market was also bustling with people yesterday, the first day of this weekend. Photo: Palash Khan
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