Bengal Newz Archive : August, 2010

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န Kolkata, 31 August :

န Labourers work at the construction site of a residential complex in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Bankura, 31 August :

န West Bengal policemen give gun salute to BSF jawan Arup Rakshit, who was killed in a Maoist attack at Dantewara in Chattisgarh, in Bankura district. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 31 August :

န A vendor sells garlands of marigold flowers at a wholesale flower market ahead of "Janamashtmi", in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Agartala, 30 August :

န Labourers work at the construction site of a residential complex on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 30 August :

န People wait for public transport after office hours as they rush to reach home before Iftar, an evening meal for breaking fast during Ramadan, in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Namprikdam, 30 August :

န Commuters struggle to walk on a road covered with mud-filth after a landslide at Namprikdam in Sikkim. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 29 August :

န North Kolkata people perform light ceremony, during Ganga Utsab on the banks of River Ganga at Bagbazar Ghat. Photo : Shankar Mondal

န New Delhi, 28 August :

န Members of Greater Cooch Behar People's Association dressed as Hindu deities take part in a demonstration seeking a separate state of Cooch Behar carved out of the northern part of West Bengal, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Photo : PTI

န New Delhi, 28 August :

န Indian President Pratibha Patil receives the first commemorative coin on Mother Teresa from FM Pranab Mukherjee during the birth centenary celebrations of the Nobel laureate, in New Delhi. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 27 August :

န Orphans from Shishu Sadan having their Ifter in Nando’s Restaurant at Dhanmondi in Dhaka. The restaurant is offering meals during Ramadan to orphans from various orphanages. Photo : Demotix

န New Delhi, 27 August :

န An idolmaker prepares a straw framework in preparation for making a clay model of Maa Durga at Kali Bari in New Delhi, ahead of forthcoming festivals. Photo : Shankar Mondal

န Jhargram, 27 August :

န Three unidentified bodies lying on the road at Kalabani Forest in Jhargram. Police said they were killed by Maoists on suspicion that they were police informers. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 27 August :

န People welcomed the rain that engulfed Dhaka city for the second consecutive day today. Defying all odds the city dwellers welcomed the rain because it invited a cool breeze driving away the hot and humid weather. Photo : Demotix

န Sealdaha, 27 August :

န A worker wipes down a portrait before the inauguration of the 'Mother Express' exhibition train dedicated to Mother Teresa on her 100th birth anniversary at Sealdaha Station in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 27 August :

န Family members of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam place wreaths at his grave at DU marking his 34th death anniversary on Friday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Kolkata, 26 August :

န Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, visit a special exhibition train on Mother Teresa, seen in portrait at left, inaugurated to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Dhubulia, 26 August :

န Separation of fiber from the decomposed jute plants is going on in full swing at Dhubulia's Sondanga in Nadia district. Photo : Pranab Debnath

န Agartala, 26 August :

န State Left Front supporters participate in a protest rally to oppose central government's policy in Agartala today. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Kolkata, 26 August :

န Actor Naseeruddin Shah interacts with school during an awareness campaign to save tigers in Kolkata. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 26 August :

န A mobile court disposes of adulterated puffed rice into the river at Keraniganj ferry port on Thursday. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 25 August :

န School children attend a prayer ceremony by the tomb of Mother Teresa ahead of Teresa's 100th birth anniversary in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 25 August :

န Passengers push a broken down public bus on a flooded street in Dhaka. Most streets of the city are flooded causing traffic jams in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo : Andrew Biraj

န Cox’s Bazar, 25 August :

န Some dramatic sunset images at Cox’s Bazar located along the Bay of Bengal in South Eastern Bangladesh. It is mostly famous for its long natural sandy beach. Photo : Demotix

န Hili Checkpost, 24 August :

န Dinajpur girls tie 'rakhi' onto the wrists of BDR soldiers during a ceremony observing the festival of Raksha Bandhan at Hili border checkpost. The annual Rakhi Bandhan festival, symbolising the love that binds women to their brothers. Photo : Sankar Das

န New Delhi, 24 August :

န Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee offers sweets to children on 'Rakhi Bandhan Day' in New Delhi. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 24 August :

န A girl displays her henna-decorated hand during a henna competition marking the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka University Samsunnahar ladies hostel. Photo : Demotix

န Port Blair, 24 August :

န The only sandy beach at Port Blair in Andaman-Nicobar. Tourists flock here for sea bathing. Has a very close resmblence with Kovalam Beach, Kerala. Photo : Anup Mitra

န Serampore, 24 August :

န 'Ramesh Ch Deb Smriti Raksha Committee' members tie 'Rakhi' onto the wrist of Thalassemia affected kids during a ceremony at Walsh Hospital in Serampore. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri

န Agartala, 23 August :

န People shelter from the rain under tents during a recruitment drive by the Indian Army in Agartala on Monday. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 23 August :

န The closing ceremony of 'Bangladesh-India friendship bicycle rally' in the capital on Monday. Photo : Ashraful Alom

န Baruipur, 23 August :

န A boy stands beside portraits of Mother Teresa during a special mass to mark the beginning of Mother Teresa's birth centenary celebration at a Cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa at Baruipur, on the outskirts of Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Comilla, 23 August :

န Mayanamati war cemetery at Comilla, a large hospital, reinforcement centre and important air base, was also the site of the Fourteenth Army headquarters for a year until October 1944. Photo : Demotix

န Dhaka, 22 August :

န A shoe seller boy displays shoes at a shop ahead of the holy Eid al-Fitr festival in Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Kolkata. 22 August :

န Mouth-watering delicacies served at a Hilsa Festival organised by former MLA Paresh Pal with the support of locals at Kakurgachhi on Sunday afternoon. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Dhaka, 21 August :

န Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Saturday. Photo : UNB

န Balurghat, 21 August :

န High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, Tariq Ahmad Karim warmly welcomed at Balurghat, Circuit House, before visit Hili border checkpost on Saturday. Photo : Sankar Das

န Guwahati, 20 August :

န A school girl walks on top of a boundary wall in a flooded locality after heavy rains in Guwahati. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 20 August :

န Employees work at a factory which manufactures fire extinguishers in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 19 August :

န A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. These images were shot in Dhaka on Thursday. Photo : Demotix

န Kolkata, 19 August :

န Employee Arun Kunduof blows into the shutter release cable of a century-old wet plate camera as he does maintenance at the Bourne & Shepherd photo studio in Kolkata on World Photography Day. The camera was used by legendary photographer Samuel Bourne and is an attraction here at one of the world's oldest surviving photographic studio, established in 1863. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 19 August :

န Supreme Court sentenced Bengali daily Amar Desh’s acting editor Mahmudur Rahman, now in jail custody, to six months’ imprisonment for contempt of court. Photo : Ashraful Alom

န Kolkata, 19 August :

န A worker prepares gram flour inside an eatery workshop in Kolkata. India's food price index rose 10.35%in the year to 7 Aug, government data released on Thursday showed. Photo : Reuters

န Agartala, 18 August :

န A saleswoman stands behind the showcased gold necklaces at a jewellery showroom in Agartala. India's gold buying edged up for a 2nd day on Wednesday as international prices steadied, with traders eyeing the rupee for direction, dealers said. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 18 August :

န A man cleans the floor of the Bangladesh national mosque as he prepares for afternoon prayers in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Hyderabad (AP), 18 August :

န Craftsmen from the seven north-eastern States, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim participated in North East Crafts Fair in Hyderabad. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 18 August :

န Chevron's Asia-Pacific region Chief James R. Blackwell meets with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Wednesday. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 17 August :

န An idolmaker works to make a sculpture face of Devi Durga at Kumortuli workshop in Kolkata. Photo : Shankar Mondal

န Dhaka, 17 August :

န Manasha puja, worshiping Devi Manasha, the patron saint of serpents and snake catchers, in Shankhari Bazaar, Dhaka. Photo : Demotix

န Khadaitala, 17 August :

န A snake charmer plays a gourd flute to his snake during a performance in the Jhapan Festival at Khadaitala, north of Kolkata. The annual festival is held in honour of the snake goddess Manasha. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 16 August :

န Supporters of Trinamool Congress court arrest in front of the State Secretariat, Writers Building after a demonstration, in Kolkata. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Dhaka, 16 August :

န Rain drops glisten on Glory Lily. Photo was taken at the British Council on Dhaka University campus. Photo : Mustafiz Mamun

န Kolkata, 15 August :

န A streetchildren carry packets of sweet, toys and an Indian national flag which they received while attending a ceremony to mark Independence Day in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 15 August :

န The city of Dhaka is covered with the posters of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the whole nation observes National Mourning Day for his murder in 1975. Photo : Demotix

န Agartala, 15 August :

န Tripura CM Manik Sarkar inspects the Guard of honour as part of states' Independence Day celebrations at Agartala Parade Grounds. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Guwahati, 15 August :

န India's 64th Independence day celebrations in Guwahati, with a traditional costumed dancers, musicians and drummers. Photo : Demotix

န Dhaka, 15 August :

န Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman and PM Sheikh Hasina paying tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of National Mourning Day. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 15 August :

န School children take part in celebrations to mark India's Independence Day at a school in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Agartala, 14 August :

န A vendor displays fish to customers at a fish market in Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Hili (South Dinajpur), 14 Aug :

န Children at Hili Dakshin para are all enthusiastic on the eve of Independence Day. Photo : Sankar Das

န Kolkata, 14 August :

န Childrens are watching the collection of photographs taken during Mahatma Gandhi's stay at Beliaghata in Kolkata. Formerly known as Hydari Mansion, Gandhi stayed here on the day the country got its Independence. Photo : Indrajit Dutta

န Old Dhaka, 13 August :

န Vendors sell traditional iftar specialties at Old Dhaka on the first day of Ramadan on Friday. Photo : Ashraful Alom Tito

န Kolkata, 13 August :

န Customers enter a mobile phone shop as a billboard of a BlackBerry phone is placed at the entrance in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Agartala, 13 August :

န Security personnel march past during full dress rehearsal for Independence day celebrations in Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Udaynarayanpur, 12 August :

န A squirrel enjoys the monsoon showers at Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district. Photo : Avijit Konar

န Dhaka, 12 August :

န A Muslim man sells food for iftar (breaking fast) at Chakbazaar, in Dhaka during Ramadan. Photo : Reuters

န Sonarpur, 12 August :

န A farmer plows a paddy field at Sonarpur in the outskirts of Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Howrah, 11 August :

န Locals watch as dense smoke billows out of Salkia Plastic Factory in Howrah after a fire on Wednesday. Photo : PTI

န Chittagong, 11 August :

န Chaktai-Khatungonj business hub busy ahead of the holy month Ramadan. Chittagong. Photo : Demotix

န Fuleshwar, 11 August :

န Rainy season comes late in the eastern part of India. It comes in late July in West Bengal. A college girl goes to her college on a rainy morning in Fuleshwar in Howrah district. Photo : Avijit Konar

န Hakimpur, 10 August :

န BSF and BDR players exchanging greetings and sweets during a friendship Volleyball match at Hili football maidan of Hakimpur upojila in Bangladesh's Dinajpur. Photo : Sankar Das

န Sadullahpur, 10 August :

န Villagers officiate a frog wedding in Sadullahpur district's Ramchandrapur village. Farmers in a parched district of northern Bangladesh are marrying off frogs in a desperate bid to bring on monsoon rains and protect their crops. Photo : AFP

န Agartala, 10 August :

န A farmer working in a paddy field is silhouetted against the setting sun on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Lalgarh, 9 August :

န Indian security personnel escort TMC leader Mamata Banerjee gestures as she addresses a rally in Lalgarh, during which social activists Swami Agnivesh, Medha Patkar are also present. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 9 August :

န Bangladeshi tribal woman wearing traditional clothing dance at a rally held to mark 'International Indigenous Day' in Dhaka. Photo : AFP

န Lalgarh, 9 August :

န Activists of Maoists Backed 'People's Committee against Police Atrocities' (PCPA) gather in Lalgarh on Monday. (Click to read 'Maoists back India minister rally' on BBC) Photo : AFP

န Lalgarh, 9 August :

န Security personnel patrol on a road leading to Lalgarh, prior to a rally to be addressed by TMC party leader Mamata Banerjee. Photo : AFP

န Agartala, 8 August :

န Tripura State Rifles (TSR) soldiers undergo training in Ichacherra near Agartala on Sunday. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 8 August :

န Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) brings out a procession in the city on Sunday demanding trail against war criminal and others issue. Photo : UNB

န Midnapore, 8 Agust :

န A supporter of Trinamool Congress (TMC) party carries party flags while decorating the streets of Midnapore. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 7 August :

န India's finance minister briefs journalists at the Shahjalal International Airport after his arrival on Saturday. Photo : UNB

န Dhaka, 7 August :

န India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee shakes hands with his Bangladesh counterpart Abul Maal Abdul Muhith after his arrival at Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday afternoon. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 7 August :

န A spotted deer (Axis Axis) looks through an open door of an enclosure at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 7 August :

န Employees of Jamuna Television crowd a token hunger strike in the National Press Club's yard on Saturday to press for resumption of the station's operations. Photo : Ashraful Alom

န Agartala, 6 August :

န A vendor displays National Flags for sale ahead of the Independence Day celebrations in Agartala. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 6 August :

န Bangladeshi laborers work with scrap at a recycle workshop in Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 6 August :

န A labourer mixes pieces of hay with clay as he prepares the clay materials for the making of idols at Kumortuli, the idol makers' village in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Guwahati, 5 August :

န Eminent Theater Artist and Bollywood actor Nasiruddin Shah enacted in the Motley production drama “Kotha Collage” directed by Nasiruddin Shah himself at Rabindra Bhawan in Guwahati. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Dhaka, 5 August :

န Slum dwellers retrieve their belongings after a slum was demolished by the police in Dhaka. About ten thousand people have been affected by the eviction. Photo : Reuters

န Durgabari, 5 August :

န A tea garden worker plucks tea leaves at Durgabari tea garden estate on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 5 August :

န A trader displays a fish to customers at a wholesale fish market in Kolkata. India's food price index rose 9.53% in the year to 24 July, government data on Thursday showed. Photo : Reuters

န Kanchanmala, 4 August :

န Tripura State Police personals exercise at a jungle training spot near Kanchanmala about 30 Kms from Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Ranchi, 4 August :

န Remains of a bauxite-laden truck torched by Maoists in Latehar near Ranchi, Jharkhand. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 4 August :

န A porter carries clay pots transported by boat from the rural areas and offloaded on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Sivasagar, 3 August :

န A man fishing with net as his children help him at sunset in the Disang river at Disangmukh in Sivasagar, Assam. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 3 August :

န Young men enjoy a game of football after a spell of rain in Kolkata Maidan. Photo : PTI

န Jakarta, 3 August :

န North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun (R) poses with his Bangladesh counterpart Dr Dipu Moni for a photo at the opening of the Special Ministerial Meeting for Review of Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, in Jakarta. Photo : Reuters

န Howrah, 3 August :

န Commuters walk on the Howrah Bridge as 'Chakka Jam' protest against price hike called by DYFI led to disruption in the public transport system in Kolkata on Tuesday. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 2 August :

န Garment workers block the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway at Fatulla on Monday to protest the newly announced pay scales. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န Kolkata, 2 August :

န An artisan takes a break while working on a sculpture of Durga at a Kumortuli workshop in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Chittagong, 2 August :

န The police charge baton on Chittagong University students on Monday who were protesting a hike of tuition fees, among other issues. Photo : Suman Babu

န Burdwan, 2 August :

န Burdwan SP Rajsekharan, Sabhadhipati Uday Sarkar, Municipal Chairman, Ainul Haque and other sports personalities receive the Commonwealth's Queen's Baton, as it reaches in Burdwan. Photo : Dipankar Chattterjee

န Kolkata, 1 August :

န Uruguayan footballer Diego Forlan, winner of the Golden Ball in the FIFA World Cup 2010, takes pictures of a statue of Mother Teresa as he visits The Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Kolkata, 1 August :

န Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia grips the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games while former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly looks on, as it reaches Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 1 August :

န A couple sit on a bench near the Victoria Memorial complex on Friendship Day in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

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