Thursday, July 31, 2014

Holy Eid-ul- Fitr (Hizri 1435) celebrated in Bangladesh on 29 July 2014



Airport Rly Stn- home goers

narrowly escaped fatality to catch running train

rush at peak

Heading home

on train roof

Traffic on Dhaka-Mawa highway


wait for bus at Gabtali bus station

Queue for advance ticket at Kamalapur Rly Stn.

South bound launch. Although less congestion this time, tickets were pricey.



millions of city-dwellers have left the capital and other major cities to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones in the countryside.

Eid holidays on the river Buriganga at Postogola

Shahbagh, Dhaka

Mirpur road


Chandni Chawk, New Market

New Baily Road




new outlet- Infinity







Last but not the least- Attar and cap

Basundhara Shopping Centre



No time to go home- shoppers have 'Iftar' (breaking fast) in the market corridors of Basundhara mall.

Rickshaws stuck in long tailback clog the side streets.

Baitul Mukarram Masjid, Dhaka, the national mosque; Eid congregation.

 Baitul Mukarram Masjid- inside view



Some 668 more Eid congregations were held at different areas in Dhaka city.

The biggest congregation in the country was held at the Sholakia Eidgah field, Kishoreganj- its 187th Eid congregation over 3-hundred thousand.


Candlelight vigil- titled “Send a prayer to Gaza” in the capital's Banani field last week expressing deep shock at the death of innocent Gazans in Israel's ongoing brutal military offensive and carnage since July 8.

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Dhaka: July 2014


Banani defence colony flats

Gulshan 1

Housing society in Kuril area

Gulshan 1

Sonargaon square

Mirpur 1

Institute of Neuro Science and Hospital, Agargaon

Gausnagar

Traffic- Dhaka city's nightmare


World Cup Football 2014 craze:


Wall paint of street market in Dhaka.




Football fans buying jerseys and flags of their favourite teams and both the garment factory owners and local businessmen are making profits.



Vie for space

Peasant Amzad, a resident of Ghoramara village in Magura Sadar Upazila, made a 3.5-km-long German flag before World Cup football began this year by selling his land to raise money for its manufacture.

Hatirjheel kids playing marble

The students scream with joy after results of SSC exam were declared.

Water festival of tribal communities in Cox's bazar


Road intersection

Bridge on Hatirjheel

Dhanmandi lake




Metal plate with retractable spikes, dubbed ‘Protirodh’, set up on Hare Road, Dhaka in front of the state guest house removed hours after it was installed as the car of a lawmaker was punctured by the device last month.

Five star hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka general manager took part in the road cleaning work as the road in front of hotel was narrowed by the slow progress of road develoment work.


Susma Swaraj Indian External Affairs Minister paid a goodwill visit to Bangladesh from June 25 to 27 :

-with Sheikh hasina 

-with Khaleda Zia

Iftar arrangement in Baitul Mukarram Masjid, Dhaka


Mehendi (henna) time



Sunset over Panthapath