Dust has covered a broken down vehicle for people with disabilities on a platform of Kamalapur Railway Station. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

24 June, 2021

News in photos: 24 June

Students aspiring to enter the job market are studying for recruitment tests on the veranda of the library at Dhaka University’s Faculty of Science as the institutions are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Students preparing for job tests

With the library closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, students chasing jobs are studying for recruitment tests by setting up tables and chairs at Dhaka University’s Faculty of Science. Photo: Asif ...

Many people rushed to take their belongings after the DNCC began to tear down illegal structures on the road from the Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital to Agargaon intersection on Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021. They allege the authorities did not notify them beforehand. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Agargaon demolition drive

Dhaka North City Corporation pulled down illegal structures in a drive to clear the road from the Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital to Agargaon intersection on Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021.

Workers of the Trust Trouser Lt factory in Dhaka's Mirpur agitated on Friday demanding backpay. Photo: tanvir ahammed

RMG workers demonstrate in Dhaka

Workers of the Trust Trouser Ltd factory blocked the road in Dhaka's Mirupr for two hours on Friday demanding backpay. Photo: tanvir ahammed

Palash, the unmistakeable spring seasonal flower, is in full bloom on Dhaka University campus on Monday.

Flame of spring

Less grandeur, circumstance at Obama's second inauguration

President Barack Obama's second inauguration promises to be a more modest and less glitzy affair than his first.