HOME AND ABROAD

Another Fire Incident

Chittagong. Patients were forced to evacuate the Centre for Specialised Care and Research Hospital situated in the Golpahar area of Chittagong after an hour long fire spread panic among everyone present at the hospital. The fire service headquarters in Chittagong are yet to determine the reason behind the fire.

The Height of Cruelty

Nilphamari. A quack, who claims himself to be a kabiraj, prescribed five-year-old Noimi to be buried from waist down all day at Badia More village in Nilphamari to cure her of her physical disability. This has been going on for three and a half years but nothing has changed. And yet the child has to undergo this inhuman torture everyday.

Prayers for the Lost

Seoul, South Korea. A girl reads messages written on paper ships for the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol in Seoul, South Korea on May 5.

Victory Parade

Hanoi, Vietnam. Soldiers parade during Vietnam's celebration of the 60th anniversary of their victory over French colonial forces on May 7.

Burning Down the House

Odessa, Ukraine. A man lays flowers inside the burnt trade union building in Odessa, Ukraine.