The city is expanding every day. Life is becoming cruel with unemployment rising faster. Working people hurry to their workplaces while the jobless do something for a living. Both do it for a morsel of food. As most people look for fast food at cheaper prices it comes as a morsel of hope for the roadside vendors. They sell cakes, boiled eggs, chanachur and many such items just to feed the hungry mouths at home. Photo: Srabon reza
Scores of organisations and people from all walks of life yesterday afternoon gathered near the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban to say 'no' to the war criminals, communal and militant forces in Monday's national election. Organised by Ekattorer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee, the participants including freedom fighters, members of martyrs' families, intellectuals, women and cultural activists stood in a huge line on the Manik Mia Avenue to register protest against the evil forces and demand a Razakar-Albadar-free parliament.Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
The latest crop of quotes from the city's press -- words worth repeating, we feel, for their humour, insight or sheer outrageousness. Star City does not necessarily support the opinions expressed in this column.
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