February 8 , 2018

Published: 2018-02-08 21:34:44.0 BdST Updated: 2018-02-08 23:36:06.0 BdST

News in photos: February 8

  • A scene from the Bakshaibazar Square on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • A contingent of armed-police battalion men guarding the deserted road at Bakshaibazar area on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • A contingent of armed-police battalion men guarding the deserted road at Bakshaibazar area on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • A contingent of armed-police battalion men guarding the deserted road at Bakshaibazar area on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A contingent of armed-police battalion men guarding the deserted road at Bakshaibazar area on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • RAB personnel are on high alert near the High Court on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A contingent of police has been deployed at Kadam Fountain point near the Supreme Court on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A contingent of police has been deployed at Kadam Fountain point near the Supreme Court on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A police check-point at one of the entrances of Dhaka's diplomatic enclave of Gulshan on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: asif mahmud ove

  • A police cordon in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan as the capital comes under a security blanket on Thursday over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A police cordon in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan as the capital comes under a security blanket on Thursday over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A police cordon in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan as the capital comes under a security blanket on Thursday over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: mostafigur rahman

  • A scene from the Bakshaibazar Square on Thursday as the capital comes under a security blanket over the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Awami League chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing a rally at Barisal Bangabandhu Udyan on Thursday.

  • Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina acknowledges the crowd at the Barisal Bangabandhu Udyan‎ during a public rally on Thursday.

  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the 31st Cantonment of the country at Lebukhali in Patuakhali on Thursday.

  • Awami League chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressing a rally at Barisal Bangabandhu Udyan on Thursday.

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