Today's Gallery (2021.06.11)

A black-naped monarch, also known as black-naped blue flycatcher, recently spotted in the Satchhari National Park in Habiganj’s Chunarughat. This bird generally feeds on insects and is found mostly in southern and south-eastern Asia. Photo: Courtesy of Mosabber Hossain Ribon
Illegal structures on both sides of a railway lines have been removed for constructing an elevated expressway from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali on Dhaka-Chattogram highway. This photo was captured from the capital’s Mohakhali rail crossing area yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Police and railway employees remove a tree that fell on the locomotive of Parabat Express in Lawachhara of Moulvibazar around noon yesterday. The accident happened when the train was heading for Sylhet from Dhaka. This disrupted rail communication on the route for about an hour. Photo: Mintu Deshwara
A woman puts a wet piece of tissue on her husband’s forehead as the man, who was suffering from fever for the past few days, sits on a chair outside the capital’s Mugda Medical College and Hospital around 9:30am yesterday. The couple went to the hospital earlier in the day to have the man tested for Covid-19. They, however, did not know that they needed to book an appointment online. They had to go back home even after standing in a queue for around two hours. Photo: Anisur Rahman
A bus driver takes the wheel with a lit cigarette between his lips, violating not only a ban on smoking in public vehicles but also in blatant defiance of mask-wearing directives to contain the spread of Covid-19. The photo was taken yesterday from the capital’s Kamalapur area. PHOTO: PALASH KHAN
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