န St Lucia (WI), 1 May :
န Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashraful went for his shots without fear on his way to 65 in World Twenty20 against Pakistan at St Lucia on 1 May. Photo : Cricinfo
န Dhaka, 1 May :
န Workers Alliance for Livingwage brings out a procession at Paltan in Dhaka on Friday ahead the May Day. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Guwahati, 2 May :
န The anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) chairman Ranjan Daimary being produced before CJM court in Guwahati on Sunday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Dhaka, 2 May :
န Industries Minister Dilip Barua gives away 'Journalist Bazlur Rahman Memorial Medal' to artist Qayyum Chowdhury, 4th from left, at a function at the Central Public Library auditorium in Dhaka. Photo : Focus Bangla
န Dhaka, 3 May :
န Police stand guard as activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP arrive for a march in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters
န Kolkata, 4 May :
န A man reads a newspaper carrying a front-page story of convicted 2008 Mumbai attacks gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab (A 22-year-old Pakistani, who was found guilty on 3 May after a year-long trial in Mumbai) in Kolkata. Photo : AFP
န Dhaka, 4 May :
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န To celebrate 149th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha has begun a programme at Shawkat Osman Auditorium, Central Public Library. In picture, violinist Subal Dutta receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Anup Bhattacharya. Photo : Mumit M
န Brabados ( WI ), 5 May :
န Bangladesh's Shafiul Islam misses to be bowled out by Australian bowler Steven Smith during the ICC World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval.Photo : AFP
န Kolkata, 5 May :
န Rain clouds move in over the skyline of Kolkata. Monsoon rains brought relief as summers temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius mark. Photo : AP
န Mumbai, 6 May :
န Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam flashes the victory sign after a special court pronounced the death sentence on four counts to Ajmal Kasab for 26/11 terror attacks. Photo : PTI
န Kolkata, 6 May :
န Traders talk at an onion wholesale market in Kolkata. A United Nations agency on Thursday forecast India's 2010 inflation at 7.5%. Asia's 3rd largest economy will grow at 8.3% this year. Photo : Reuters
န Dhaka, 7 May :
န Artists are performed at the "21st National Rabindra Sangeet Festival" at Shawkat Osman Auditorium in Dhaka on Friday organized by Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Shongstha (BRSSS). Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Kolkata, 7 May :
န A street vendor drinks water from a reused bottle of a popular cold drink as he sells bamboo artifacts in Kolkata. Photo : AP
န Siliguri, 8 May :
န A street vendor sells photographs of poet Rabindranath Tagore on a pavement in Siliguri. Photo : Sanjit Mitra
န Kolkata, 8 May :
န People line up as they visit Rabindranath Tagore's living room in Jorasanko, Kolkata on Saturday. Photo : Reuters
န Dhaka, 8 May :
န River transport workers is going to start water transport strike from Friday midnight despite the announcement of a new pay scale for the water vessel workers on Thursday. Photo : UNB
န Kolkata, 8 May :
န A worker cleans a statue of Asia's first Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, on the eve of his 150th birth anniversary, in Kolkata. Photo : AFP
န Guwahati, 9 May :
န Noted artist, Gautam Barman painting the potrait of Rabindra Nath Tagore with his blood on the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti in Guwahati on Sunday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Howrah, 9 May :
န A woman descends a train housing an exhibition on Rabindranath Tagore opened for his 150th birth anniversary in Howrah. The five-coach AC exhibition train which displays various aspects of Tagore's life and teachings will crisscross India. The journey is named Sanskriti Yatra. Photo : Avijit Konar
န Kolkata, 9 May :
န A woman takes a photo on her mobile of a print of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore at an exhibition honouring his work on his 150th birth anniversary in Kolkata. Photo : AP
န Sreerampore, 9 May :
န Schoolchildren are performing at a Tagore's 150th birth anniversary programme on Sunday organized by Simla Mahasakti Bayamagar in Sreerampore. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri
န Kolkata, 9 May :
န People garland a portrait of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in a room where he breathed his last in Kolkata. Photo : AP
န Deepor Beel, 10 May :
န A herd of Asiatic wild elephants came down from nearby Rani Forest in search of food, at Deepor Beel Wild Life Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati on Monday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Taherpur, 10 May :
န Municipal election is knocking at the door. Trinamool Congress workers paint their graffiti at Taherpur notified area at Ranaghat subdivision in Nadia district. Photo : Pranab Debnath
န Dhaka, 10 May :
န Editor of 'Jai Jai Din' Shafiq Rehman inaugurated a cartoon exhibition at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday, organized by Bangladesh Cartoonists Forum. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Kolkata, 10 May :
န A trader demonstrates a jewellery stone counting machine at a 3-day East India Jewelery exhibition in Kolkata. It concludes today. Photo : AFP
န Barapukuria, 11 May :
န Rescuers take a coalminer to hospital after a tunnel roof collapse trapped miners in the Barapukuria coalmine today morning. Photo : Courtesy
န Kolkata, 11 May :
န Students of the Rabindra Bharati University at Jorasanko Thakurbari in Kolkata. Photo : Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
န Sushrut Nagar, 12 May :
န Nursing students practise assisting a patient using a dummy during training inside North-Bengal medical collage hospital on the outskirts of Siliguri on International Nurses Day. Photo : Reuters
န Dhaka, 12 May :
န Abahani striker Enamul Haq leaves two New Road defenders in his wake during their AFC President's Cup Group A qualifying match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Photo: Amran Hossain
န Guwahati, 12 May :
န Bollywood actor and filmmaker, Makrand Deshpande along with co-artist staging a play “JOKE”, of Zerifa Wahid Production and presented by ANSH Theater Group, at Rabindra Bhavan in Guwahati. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Siliguri, 13 May :
န Two women workers at a gas station fill a plastic container and a vehicle with diesel in Siliguri. India's fuel price index rose 12.33% in the year to 1 May, according to government data released on Thursday. Photo : Reuters
န Balurghat, 13 May :
န Clouds roll by all alone beneath the magical Summer sky at Friends-Union Club field in Balurghat today. Photo : Sankar Das
န Guwahati, 14 May :
န New born babies of Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Night Herons along with fresh eggs being rescued by the activists of the People for Animals. Eggs and Birds fell from trees at Maligaon Goswala during the Cyclonic Storm which lashed the Guwahati on Thursday evening. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Satkhira, 14 May :
န Relatives mourn the death of fisherman Chobir Ali, who they say was killed by a Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sunderbans, at Nildumur village in Satkhira district. Photo : AP
န Kolkata, 14 May :
န Boys play in the water in an effort to cool off in the river Ganges in Kolkata. Photo : AP
န Guwahati, 14 May :
န A farmer returns home after day long work against the backdrop of a sunset at the beach of River Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Friday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Lalmatia, 15 May :
န Shilpanu School of Fine Arts has organised a watercolour workshop at Lalmatia in Dhaka. The workshop began on 19 April and will continue till 20 May. In picture, artists Monirul Islam (R) and Biren Shome with participating young painters at the workshop. Photo : Courtesy
န Chelmsford (Britain), 15 May :
န Bangladesh's Shahadat Hossain, reacts with teammates, after taking the wicket of Essex's Matthew Walker during their cricket tour match at Chelmsford, Britain. Photo : AP
န Dhaka, 15 May :
န Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation withdrawn after the eight-day old strike by river transport workers on Saturday. Photo was taken from Sadarghat. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Seoul (S Korea), 16 May :
န Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a reception accorded in her honour by Bangladeshi community in Seoul, the capital of South Korean, on Sunday. Photo : PID
န Lalmonirhat, 16 May :
န Nor'wester lashes 20 villages in different upazilas of Lalmonirhat districts early today, damaging over 1,000 thatched and tin-roofed houses and injuring at least 10 people. Photo : Focus Bangla
န Kolkata, 17 May :
န People cool off in a pool at Nicco Park in Kolkata. India's monsoon, vital to farmers and of crucial importance after the worst drought in 37 years, will be normal strength this year, the weather office expects. Photo : AFP
န Seoul (Korea), 18 May :
န Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina arrives as South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak greets before their summit at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Photo : Reuters
န Guwahati, 18 May :
န Tripura CM, Manik Sarkar addressing a General Meeting organized by CPI(M), Assam State Committee, at Pragjyoti ITA Centre, Machkhowa in Guwahati on Tuesday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Dhaka, 18 May :
န Visitors look around a stall of the "Teleco Fair" at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Tuesday. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Kuala Lumpur, 19 May :
န Heads of government attending the 6th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) prepare to leave after its opening ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. From left, Kosovo President, Bangladesh's PM Sk Hasina, Senegal's President, Malaysia's PM and Brunei's Sultan. Photo : Reuters
န Silchar, 19 May :
န Cultural program organized every year on 19th May in Silchar Railway Station, people of this region and `Sammilito Sanskritik Mancha' (a forum of various cultural organizations of this region) is striving a to rename the railway station as `Bhasa Shaheed Station, Silchar'. Photo : Rajib Kar
န Derby (England), 19 May :
န Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal in action during day one of the match between England Lions and Bangladesh at The County Ground in Derby, England. Photo : AFP
န Dhaka, 19 May :
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န Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) take shelter from the rain during a rally in Dhaka, Photo : Reuters
န Midnapore, 19 May :
န Police and paramilitary soldiers inspect the mangled remains of 'Mahindra Bolero' after it was blown up by Maoist at Chowkishal forest in West Midnapore district. Photo : AP
န Chintawanpur, 20 May :
န A firefighter attempts to extingush a fire in an oil tanker part of a goods train at Chintawanpur some 200kms north of Patna, after it was derailed and set alight by suspected Maoists. Photo : AFP
န Dhaka, 20 May :
န Bangladeshi woman remove rain covers from rice after the harvest at a farm on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Thursday. The covers keep the rice dry during the rainy season. Photo : AP
န Lalmonirhat, 21 May :
န A farmer carries nearly ripe paddy harvested from his submerged cropland in Aditmari. About 1/3 of boro crop in the low-lying areas of Aditamri, Hatibandha and Lalmonirhat Sadar upazilas has gone under water due to heavy rain for last 2 days. Photo : Courtesy
န Moscow, 21 May :
န Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni speaks to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, foreground, during talks to discuss cooperation in nuclear power engineering, in Moscow on Friday. Photo : AP
န Darjeeling, 21 May :
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န Policemen inspect the site were President of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), Madan Tamang was repeatedly stabbed with swords and kukris in Darjeeling. Photo : AFP
န Ranaghat, 21 May :
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န Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee speaking at a civic poll rally at Mukti Sangha's ground in Ranaghat today. Photo : Pranab Debnath
န Agartala, 22 May :
န A farmer arranges Pineapples in a field at Nandannagor in the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta
န Tamluk, 23 May :
န A municipal pool wall graffiti in Tamluk. The political graffiti that adorns the walls has become a part of Bengal's life today. Photo : Raghu Nandan Mallik
န Guwahati, 23 May :
န Sand being collected in country boats from the Kulsi River about 30km away from Guwahati. With the booming construction industry in Guwahati city, sand mining is increasing day by day in this river. Photo : Chinmoy Roy
န Dhaka, 24 May :
န Bangladesh immigration officials at Dhaka International Airport seized 480 rare tortoises and arrested a Malaysia-bound Indian passenger early Monday. Photo : Anisur Rahman
န Darjeeling, 24 May :
န People participate in the funeral procession of ABGL chief Madan Tamang in Darjeeling on Monday. Photo : PTI
န Dhaka, 24 May :
န Performers take part in a mime to demonstrate a mock natural disaster on the first anniversary of Cyclone Aila in Dhaka. Photo : Mustafiz Mamun
န Kolkata, 24 May :
န Mexican actress Barbara Mori gestures during a press conference in promotion of her recent film "Kites", co-acted with Bollywood's Hrithik Roshan in Kolkata today. Photo : AP
န Kolkata, 25 May :
န Indian archers attend a practice session at SAI complex in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters
န Dhaka, 25 May :
န Alleged Islamic militants including Maolana Saidur Rahman (2R) pose for media representatives in Dhaka. Photo : AFP
န Satkhira, 25 May :
န A physically-challenged woman collects water from a ditch in Shora-9 of Gabura union in Satkhira. A year after Aila, people of this area still look for fresh water. Photo: Anisur Rahman
န London, 26 May :
န Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan holds the Npower trophy with England's captain Andrew Strauss before the first cricket test match at Lord's cricket ground in London. Photo : Reuters
န Guwahati, 26 May :
န A fisherman throws a net into the waters of the Kukumara river, 30km from Guwahati. Photo : Chnimoy Roy (CLICK)
န Kolkata, 27 May :
န People cool off in a pool at Nicco Park in Kolkata. Bengal's monsoon will be normal strength this year, the weather office expects. Photo : Avijit Mondal
န Agartala, 27 May :
န Fishermen cast their nets over a flooded paddy field on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters
န London, 27 May :
န England Captain Andrew Strauss conducts the toss as Bangladesh Captain Shakib Al Hasan looks on during the 1st npower Test Match at Lords in London, England. Photo : AFP
န Kolkata, 27 May :
န A monk points to a relic of Buddha inside a gold casket, as devotees pray at a monastery during Buddha Jayanti in Kolkata on Thursday. Photo : AP
န Dhaka, 27 May :
န Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology students set fire to a bus at Azimpur on Thursday following the death of a fellow student. Photo : Mustafiz Mamun
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န Rescue worker and security personnel perform a rescue operation at the site of Gyaneshwari Exp crash near Sardiha. Photo : AP
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee stands with security officials as she looks at the scene of Gyaneshwari Express accident at Sardiha this morning. Photo : Arpan Mukherjee
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န Bodies of victims are laid out at the site of the train crash near Sardiha. Photo : Arpan Mukherjee
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န A crane move a mangled coach of the derailed Gyaneshwari Exp, at the site of a train crash near Sardiha. Photo : Arpan Mukherjee
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န Indian military helicopters arrive to evacuate wounded passengers at the scene of a train crash site near Sardiha. Photo : Arpan Mukherjee
န Sardiha, 28 May :
န Soldiers and rescue workers carry an injured passenger at the site of a train accident at Jhargram area in West Midnapore dist. Photo : Reuters
န Agartala, 29 May :
န A farmer harvests a rice paddy crop on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters
န Sardiha, 29 May :
န A rescue worker works at the site of the train wreckage in Sardiha. As the toll climbed to 114 today. Photo : AFP
န Dhaka, 29 May :
န Children being administered with vitamin A plus capsules at Dhaka's Azimpur area as a part of the country-wide National Vitamin A plus Campaign 2010 on Saturday. Photo : UNB
န Shanghai (China), 30 May :
န Indian President Pratibha Patil, flanked by Chinese officials, after unveiling the statue of Rabindranath Tagore at Mao Ming Road in Shanghai, China, on Sunday. Photo : PTI
န London, 30 May :
န Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal hits a ball from England's Graeme Swann for 6 runs during the 4th day of the 1st test match at Lord's cricket ground, London. Photo : AP
န Dhaka, 30 May :
န DU students formed a human chain on their campus on Sunday protesting the block of social networking site Facebook. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom
န Kolkata, 30 May :
န Kolkata police personnel detain people for unwanted gathering near a polling booth at Boubazar area in Kolkata on Sunday. Photo : Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
န Murshidabad, 30 May :
န Relatives carry elders to a polling booth to cast their votes during the Municipal Corporation elections in Murshidabad. Photo : Moinak Mukherjee
န Dhaka, 31 May :
န National flags of favorite countries are on display for sale on a footpath in front of National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday ahead of World Cup football 2010 in South Africa. Photo : UNB