June 04, 2018

Published: 04 Jun 2018 16:06 BdST Updated: 04 Jun 2018 20:06 BdST

News in photos: June 04

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • Begum Rokeya Sarani in Dhaka’s Mirpur plunges into chaos as seen on Monday, as the construction of the metro rail project disrupts traffic on the key road.

  • A mobile court conducting a drive against contaminated food on Iftar shops at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka on Monday.

  • A mobile court conducting a drive against contaminated food on Iftar shops at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka on Monday..

  • A mobile court conducting a drive against contaminated food on Iftar shops at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka on Monday.

  • A mobile court conducting a drive against contaminated food on Iftar shops at Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka on Monday.

  • A trader sells pictures of star footballers ahead of the FIFA World Cup at Banglabazar on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • A trader sells pictures of star footballers ahead of the FIFA World Cup at Banglabazar on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • A trader sells pictures of star footballers ahead of the FIFA World Cup at Banglabazar on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

  • An anti-tobacco group demands the imposition of a higher tax on tobacco and an end to the influence of the tobacco industry on government policy at a protest in front of the National Press Club on Monday.

  • An anti-tobacco group demands the imposition of a higher tax on tobacco and an end to the influence of the tobacco industry on government policy at a protest in front of the National Press Club on Monday.

  • An anti-tobacco group demands the imposition of a higher tax on tobacco and an end to the influence of the tobacco industry on government policy at a protest in front of the National Press Club on Monday.

  • BNP Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman speaks at a discussion on the 37th death anniversary of President Ziaur Rahman and multi-party democracy at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday.

  • BNP Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman speaks at a discussion on the 37th death anniversary of President Ziaur Rahman and multi-party democracy at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday.

  • BNP Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman speaks at a discussion on the 37th death anniversary of President Ziaur Rahman and multi-party democracy at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday.

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Not all things at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka were in order on Friday, a day after it caught fire, but relatives were taking back patients there to the facility for resumption of treatment. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Suhrawardy Hospital returning to normal

Hundreds of thousands offered their Jumma prayers on the banks of the Turag in Tongi on Friday on the first day of Bishwa Ijtema. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Bishwa Ijtema starts, at last

Himu Paribahan, an organisation of volunteers, organised a road running event at the Central Shaheed Minar area in Dhaka on Friday to mark World Cancer Day. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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Fire at Suhrawardy Hospital

A foreigner sporting a flower headband and a red saree as she basks in the love on Valentine's Day in Dhaka on Thursday.

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Spring arrives…

Foreigners sporting floral wreaths to celebrate the arrival of Basanta or spring on Bangla calendar while visiting Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

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Preparations for Biswa Ijtema under way on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday. The four-day congregation of Sunni Muslims, organised by the Tabligh Jamaat, is starting on Friday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

February 12, 2019

Rickshaw garages, shops, offices of different political groups have been built illegally on the verges of the DIT pond next to Satish Sarker Road in the capital's Gandaria. The years-old water body will cease to exist if proper steps are not taken to stop encroachment. This photo was taken on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

February 11, 2019

A woman using a kerosene stove for cooking on Prasanna Poddar Lane at Tantibazar in Old Dhaka on Sunday due to a crisis of gas. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Gas crisis at Old Dhaka

A statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of education, is displayed at a pond at Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Saraswati Puja

Members of Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra, a centre for women journalists in the country, demonstrating outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday.

February 10, 2019

Mominur Rahman Royal has been campaigning against noise pollution with his wife and five-month old child ever since witnessing his newborn being terrified by the sounds of car horns. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

February 09, 2019

Choosing books at stalls during Shishu Prohor or Children’s Hour in book fair. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Shishu Prohor

Members of 'Muktijoddhar Sontan O Projonmo Somonyo Parishad, an organisation of freedom fighters' descendants, demonstrating at the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Friday evening for a seven-point charter of demand, including restoration of 30 percent quota for them in government jobs.

February 08, 2019

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders and activists marching on the Dhaka University campus to submit a memorandum with different demands to the vice-chancellor on Thursday morning ahead of the elections to the central students' union of the university or DUCSU.

February 07, 2019

Bangabandhu's grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq showing American actress Angelina Jolie around the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Angelina Jolie at Bangabandhu Museum

Visitors check out stalls at the REHAB fair 2019 being held at Dhaka's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

REHAB Fair 2019

This auto-rickshaw has been renovated to look like a ‘portable garden'. Passengers of this CNG-run vehicle can watch TV dramas and listen to songs. It also has a mirror, comb and a tissue box. Stationery supplies like staplers and pens are also available. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

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A water bus emitting black smoke during a trip in the dark Buriganga water at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Post, Telecommunication and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar speaking at a Safer Internet Day programme organised by UNICEF at the Software Technology Park in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Tuesday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

February 05, 2019

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Prime Minister's Adviser for Private Industry and Investment Salman F Rahman addressing a discussion organised by FBCCI on Bangladesh's achievements in the power sector and best use of electricity for robust economic growth at a Dhaka hotel on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

February 03, 2019

The SSC examinations are held at the Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Government Secondary School examination centre in Dhaka’s Ashkona on Saturday.

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Book lovers checking the stalls at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka on the opening day on Friday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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Students carrying placards during a demonstration at Rajendrapur on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway on Thursday demanding maximum punishment of the driver of the truck that ran over and killed two siblings on their way home from school in Keraniganj on Monday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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The authorities bulldozing illegal structures constructed on the two sides of the railway tracks during an eviction drive at Doyaganj in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

January 30, 2019

BIWTA workers bulldozing a multi-storey building in a drive to clear illegal structures on the bank of the Buriganga River at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka on Tuesday.

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Footwear shops are set up on the pavements and road dividers at Gulistan in Dhaka. Many choose the shops for cheap products. This photo was taken on Tuesday.

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Glossy ibis migratory birds are seen in Sunamganj’s Tanguar Haor, a vast wetland. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

January 28, 2019

A traffic police personnel help visually impaired women cross the street at Banani’s Kakoli intersection on Sunday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

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A wall put up near BRAC University in Dhaka invites people to donate old clothes for the needy during winter. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

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The water is initially collected in small containers before being stored in larger ones. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

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Members celebrate Bangladesh’s Chhatra League’s 71st anniversary by dressing up as Liberation War freedom fighters. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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The alumni of Dhaka University's English Department gathered at the Teacher-Student Centre on Friday for their annual bash.

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The three-day National Vegetables Fair and Vegetables Exhibition 2019 kicked off on the Department of Agricultural Extension premises in Dhaka on Thursday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul's only son Samir Ahmed embraces his father's coffin during a ceremony to pay tribute to the noted musician and freedom fighter at Dhaka's Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday.

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