HOME AND ABROAD

High Yield

Chittagong. Farmers take their harvest back home at Gumai Beel in Rangunia upazila, Chittagong. The Ministry of Agriculture stated that three tonnes of rice per hectare was produced here last year.

Being a Good Neighbour

Dhaka. Bangladesh sent 1 lakh litres of drinking water and five desalination machines to the Maldives on Sunday, two days after the lone desalination plant in the country's capital Male went out of order, leading to an extensive water crisis.

The Fallen

Snizhee, Ukraine. The Savur Mogila monument to Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhnee, after a ceremony in memory of pro-Russian rebels who died fighting against the Ukranian army.

Remembering Alexander

Cocula, Mexico. A woman puts up pictures of Alexander Mora, one of the 43 missing students, whose remains where found in a landfill in Cocula, Mexico.

Celebrating with Lights

Lyon, France. Buildings are illuminated in Lyon during the 16th edition of the Festival of Lights, a secular version of a religious tradition devoted to Virgin Mary and dating back to 153 years ago.

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