A saltwater crocodile basks in the sun on a winter afternoon in the Shela River in the Andharmanik area of the Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans, the world's largest tropical forest. The saltwater crocodile is believed to be the largest existing reptile in the world. This saltwater crocodile is found only in the natural environment of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman
Police wield batons, water cannons, and sound grenades to disperse the crowd as the protesters try to march towards the Secretariat on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
A group of students march under the banner of 'Agitated Adivasi Students' on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, to protest the attack on 'Adivasi' students in the capital. Later, as they proceeded towards the Secretariat, police hurled sound grenades to disperse them. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Students of Dhaka University’s anthropology department hold a protest rally at the campus premises on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, to demand justice for attacks on 'Adivasi' people in the capital. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Students of Dhaka University’s anthropology department hold a protest rally at the campus premises on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, to demand justice for attacks on 'Adivasi' people in the capital. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
Lutfozzaman Babar, the former state minister of home affairs under the BNP-Jamaat alliance government, is released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Thursday, Jan 16, 2024 after his acquittals in the cases against him. He waved to his supporters from an open-top vehicle following his release.
Police use water cannons to disperse a procession heading from the Ministry of Home Affairs towards the High Court on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025 to protest an attack on a group of ethnic minority students in front of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board Building and to demand justice for their attackers. Photo: Razequzzaman Jewel
A bevy of otters can be seen next to a canal in the jungle in the Kokilmoni area of the Sundarbans Sharankhola Range. This particular species is known as the Asian clawed otter, but goes by a variety of local names. These animals usually roam shallow freshwater rivers, coastal areas, and small canals in the forest. In Bangladesh, they are most commonly found in the Sundarbans. Photo: Samir Mallik
সুন্দরবনের শরণখোলা রেঞ্জের কোকিলমনি এলাকার জঙ্গলের খালের পাড়ে একটি উদবিড়াল। উদবিড়ালের এ প্রজাতির ইংরেজি নাম Asian clawed Otter, বাংলাদেশে এ স্তন্যপায়ী প্রাণীটি ভোঁদড়, ধাইড়া, ধেড়ে, ছোট উদ, উদবিলাই নামেও পরিচিত। সাধারণত অগভীর স্বাদুপানির নদী, উপকূলীয় অঞ্চল এবং বনের ছোট ছোট খালের পানিতে বিচরণ করে উদবিড়াল। বাংলাদেশে এখন সুন্দরবনেই এদের বেশি দেখা যায়। ছবি: সমির মল্লিক
Members of Students for Sovereignty attacked Agitated Adivasi Students on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025, afternoon as they protested the removal of images featuring the word “adivasi” from textbooks by attempting to lay siege to the NCTB building in Motijheel. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Members of Students for Sovereignty attacked Agitated Adivasi Students on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025, afternoon as they protested the removal of images featuring the word “adivasi” from textbooks by attempting to lay siege to the NCTB building in Motijheel. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Students from ethnic minority groups gathered at the foot of the Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025, holding banners to protest the removal of images featuring the word “adivasi” – a collective term for a number of ethnic minority groups in Bangladesh – from textbooks. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Tide waves have washed away the soil from the roots of trees near the sea at the southern end of the Katka sanctuary in the Sundarbans. As a result, some part of the forest is engulfed by the sea every year. The largest mangrove forest in the world has been facing environmental risks, including raised sea level and salination caused by climate change. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman
Tide waves have washed away the soil from the roots of trees near the sea at the southern end of the Katka sanctuary in the Sundarbans. As a result, some part of the forest is engulfed by the sea every year. The largest mangrove forest in the world has been facing environmental risks, including raised sea level and salination caused by climate change. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman
Tide waves have washed away the soil from the roots of trees near the sea at the southern end of the Katka sanctuary in the Sundarbans. As a result, some part of the forest is engulfed by the sea every year. The largest mangrove forest in the world has been facing environmental risks, including raised sea level and salination caused by climate change. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman
The Democratic Students' Alliance holds a protest march towards the chief advisor’s office on Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025, with a 5-point demand.
A "Shadabuk Machhranga" or white-throated kingfisher sits on the branch of a tree to seek prey in the Katka sanctuary in the Sundarbans. Twelve species of kingfisher can be found in Bangladesh. Most of them are found in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. Photo: Muhammad Mostafigur Rahman
A sand-laden bulkhead gets stranded on a submerged char in the Balu River at Bauler Bazar area in Dhaka’s Demra. The photo was taken at 8:00am on Friday, Jan 10, 2025. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Students of Dhaka University’s anthropology department hold a protest rally at the campus premises on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025, to demand justice for attacks on 'Adivasi' people in the capital. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে মিছিল নিয়ে সচিবালয়ে যাওয়ার পথে শিক্ষা ভবনের সামনে পুলিশের বাধার মুখে পড়লেও ব্যারিকেড ভেঙ্গে ফেলেন বিক্ষোভকারীরা। ছবি: আব্দুল্লাহ আল মমীন
Police wield batons, water cannons, and sound grenades to disperse the crowd as the protesters try to march towards the Secretariat on Thursday, Jan 16, 2025. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin
