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Women of the Hindu community in Rajshahi take part in the Sindur Utsav at the end of the Dashami Puja on the last day of the Durga Puja. Photo: Gulbar Ali Juwel
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Devotees at the Kalabagan mandap in capital Dhaka on Bijoya Dashami on Thursday.
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State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak releases a report entitled 'Bangladesh: The surging consumer market nobody saw coming' at Dhaka hotel on Thursday.
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State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak at the launch of a report entitled 'Bangladesh: The surging consumer market nobody saw coming' held at a Dhaka hotel on Thursday.
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Dhaka streets wore a deserted look due to public holidays for the Durga Puja and the Ashura. Photo was taken on Thursday at Farmgate. Photo: asif mahmud ove
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Khaled Mahmood (2nd right) and Atahar Ali Khan (2nd left) of the Dhaka Dynamites in conversation at a player selection meet held in a Dhaka hotel for the third edition of the BPL. They picked Mustafizur Rahman, one of Bangladesh's top pacers.
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Comilla Victorian officials including Khaled Masud Pilot (2nd right) busy selecting players. They chose iconic cricketer Mashrafe bin Murtaza for their team. They also selected foreign players such as Andre Russel and Lahiru Thirimanne.
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Rangpur Riders officials busy finalising their choice of players. They selected the country's best all-rounder Shakib al Hasan. Photo: mostafigur rahman
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Bangladesh Cricket Board Chairman Nazmul Hassan speaks the player-selection meet for the third edition of the BPL. Photo: mostafigur rahman
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'Nirapad Sarak Chai', a platform for advocating safer roads, takes out a procession in capital Dhaka to mark the National Safe Road Day on Thursday. Photo: asif mahmud ove
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'Nirapad Sarak Chai', a platform for advocating safer roads, takes out a procession in capital Dhaka to mark the National Safe Road Day on Thursday. Photo: asif mahmud ove
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President Md Abdul Hamid greets Nepalese envoy Hari Kumar Shrestha at the Bangabhaban on Thursday on the occasion of Bijoya Dashami marking the end of five-day Durga Puja festival. Photo: Bangabhaban Press Wing
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President Md Abdul Hamid greets Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran at the Bangabhaban on Thursday on the occasion of Bijoya Dashami marking the end of five-day Durga Puja festival. Photo: Bangabhaban Press Wing
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President Md Abdul Hamid greeted members of the Hindu community at the Bangabhaban on Thursday on the occasion of Bijoya Dashami marking the end of five-day Durga Puja festival. Photo: Bangabhaban Press Wing
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Kumari Puja being performed at the Ramkrishna Mission on the Ashtami of the Durga Puja. Photo: tanvir ahammed
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Kumari Puja being held on the Mahashtami of Durga Puja by worshiping this child as a juvenile deity at the Ramkrishna Mission in Dhaka. Photo: tanvir ahammed
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A devotee blows a conch during the Kumari Puja on the Ashtami of the Durga Puja. Photo: tanvir ahammed
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Devotees queue up for ‘prasad’ after the Kumari Puja at the Ramkrishna Mission on Wednesday. Photo: tanvir ahammed
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Mahmadul Islam Chowdhury, founder and president of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh, has a word with Mohammad Farasuddin, former governor, Bangladesh Bank, at an interactive session on Wednesday. Photo: asaduzzaman pramanik
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