November 21, 2019

Published: 21 Nov 2019 19:11 BdST Updated: 21 Nov 2019 19:11 BdST

News in photos: November 21

  • A shop owner breaks down in tears after his valuables were destroyed by a fire that erupted at the capital's New Rajdhani Super Market on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A large blaze levelled a cosmetics shop at the capital's New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Over a dozen shops were gutted after a large fire engulfed the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Over a dozen shops were gutted after a large fire engulfed the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A shop owner removes the debris from a fire that broke out at the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A shop owner breaks down in tears after his valuables were destroyed by a fire that erupted at the capital's New Rajdhani Super Market on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Burnt goods in a toy shop at the capital's New Rajdhani Super Market. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Over a dozen shops were gutted after a large fire engulfed the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Over a dozen shops were gutted after a large fire engulfed the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Over a dozen shops were gutted after a large fire engulfed the New Rajdhani Super Market in Dhaka’s Tikatuli on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq addresses the media after meeting slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's father Barkatullah at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq addresses the media after meeting slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's father Barkatullah at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq meets slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's father Barkatullah at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq meets slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's father Barkatullah at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Law Minister Anisul Huq meets slain BUET student Abrar Fahad's father Barkatullah at his residence in the capital's Gulshan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Piles of garbage, mostly plastic bottles and polyethylene bag, clog the Kutubkhali canal in Dhaka's Jatrabari area. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

  • Piles of garbage, mostly plastic bottles and polyethylene bag, clog the Kutubkhali canal in Dhaka's Jatrabari area. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

  • Piles of garbage, mostly plastic bottles and polyethylene bag, clog the Kutubkhali canal in Dhaka's Jatrabari area. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

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