HOME AND ABROAD

This is Beautiful?

Dhaka: As a part of beautification project for ICC T20 World Cup cricket Dhaka North City Corporation is using bathroom tiles on the central reservation of a thoroughfare near Mohakhali flyover. Eminent architects believe it would spoil the cityscape and wrongly represent the country.

Filming at Hospital

Dhaka: For two days patients of a hospital in Mirpur had to hear- light, camera, action and cheesy dialogues as the authorities let a film crew use the hospital as a set from morning to midnight to earn some extra money.

Pashuri Dies

Gazipur: The Bengal tigress wounded in a hunter's trap in the Sundarbans died on February 19. Forest officials rescued her from a village beside the forest in Khulna on February 7 and brought it to Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur the next day.

Venice Carnival

Italy: Up to 70,000 people wearing theatrical costumes and colourful masks in Venice's landmark St Mark's Square watched the eye-catching “flight of the angel” which is part of the centuries-old Carnival. A costumed reveler poses on St Mark's square during the carnival in Venice.

Peace Beard

Venezuela: When hundreds of thousands met to vent their anger against the government, a supporter of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro came up with a new idea to show his love for the leftist government with his beard reading “Peace”.

Remembering the Victims

Ukraine: A child lights a candle on a makeshift memorial to anti-government protesters killed in the past weeks' clashes with riot police on Kiev's Independent Square.