Star City
All for a Morsel of Food
The city is expanding every day. Life is becoming cruel with unemployment rising faster. Working people hurry to their workplaces while the jobless do something for a living. Both do it for a morsel of food. As most people look for fast food at cheaper prices it comes as a morsel of hope for the roadside vendors. They sell cakes, boiled eggs, chanachur and many such items just to feed the hungry mouths at home. Photo: Srabon reza
25 lone inmates at Dhaka Zoo
The last of the ostriches walks inside its coop at Dhaka Zoo.Photo: STAR
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Horrendous honking near hospitals
A 'helpless' Don't Honk sign in front of Birdem hospital.Photo: STAR
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A Rare Pastime
Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
With the water bodies becoming rare in the city angling has become a rare pastime in recent years. However this lucky old man has found a tranquil corner at Mirpur Ceramic Lake to catch a few fresh fishes peacefully.
Drug peddlers use children as 'safe' seller, carrier
Hapless children like this lone boy often fall prey to the drug peddlers.Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
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Wait for the tall building to fall apart
Clockwise from left: The BGMEA building, the Midway fuel station during demolition and the spot after it was bulldozed.
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Return Of The Tailbacks
The city is back to its usual days of traffic gridlocks after the election and Eid holidays. In spite of taking piecemeal and temporary steps the city dwellers still suffer from this nagging problem almost every day. This picture was taken yesterday at a point on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.Photo: Amran Hossain
"<i>city express</i>"
The latest crop of quotes from the city's press -- words worth repeating, we feel, for their humour, insight or sheer outrageousness. Star City does not necessarily support the opinions expressed in this column.
"I will not weigh the opposition by its seats in the parliament. I believe in parliamentary democracy opposition is a part of the government."
-- Sheikh Hasina
Awami League Chief
Said at her first news conference at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre after a landslide victory of her party in the ninth parliamentary election, on Wednesday. Source: The Daily Star
“We do not have any objection to the formation of the next government by those who win people's mandate.”
-- Khaleda Zia
BNP Chairperson...
Polls cheer for scavengers
File photo of hundreds of election posters on a city road (left); A waste picker collects them to earn some extra bucks (right). Photo: Shafiqul Alam
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No End to Struggle
Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Octogenarian Asia Khatun still struggles to survive. Instead of looking up to her wards she finds a way to survive by selling alur dom or smoked potatoes with spice. She lives on this meagre earning beside residential model school at Mohammadpur.
