February 9 , 2018

Published: 2018-02-09 16:56:27.0 BdST Updated: 2018-02-09 22:31:50.0 BdST

News in photos: February 9

  • Booklovers flock to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Booklovers flock to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Booklovers flock to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Booklovers flock to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Four members of Khaleda Zia’s family went to Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Road to meet the BNP chairperson in jail on Friday.

  • Four members of Khaleda Zia’s family went to Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Road to meet the BNP chairperson in jail on Friday.

  • Sisimpur puppet show characters amuse children during the Children’s Hours at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Sisimpur puppet show characters amuse children during the Children’s Hours at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Sisimpur puppet show characters amuse children during the Children’s Hours at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Sisimpur puppet show characters amuse children during the Children’s Hours at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP activists and supporters demonstrated on Friday in front of the Naya Paltan party headquarters protesting Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conviction in graft charges. The former PM has been sentenced to five years in jail. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP activists and supporters demonstrated on Friday in front of the Naya Paltan party headquarters protesting Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conviction in graft charges. The former PM has been sentenced to five years in jail. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP activists and supporters demonstrated on Friday in front of the Naya Paltan party headquarters protesting Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conviction in graft charges. The former PM has been sentenced to five years in jail. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • BNP activists and supporters demonstrated on Friday in front of the Naya Paltan party headquarters protesting Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conviction in graft charges. The former PM has been sentenced to five years in jail. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • Mahmudur Rahman Manna speaking at a round-table discussion on 'question leaks' organised by the Nagorik Chhatra Oikya at the National Press Club on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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