Visitors at the exhibition. — Snigdha Zaman

A file photo shows traders filling a sack with paddy at Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria. The overall point-to-point inflation further declined slightly in May to 9.15 per cent but the average inflation in 11 months of the current fiscal year remained in double digit. — New Age photo

Gazi Tank Cricketers’ Nasir Hossain pushes through the cover on his way to 101 in their Dhaka Premier League match against Prime Bank Cricket Club at the Fatullah stadium on Tuesday. — New Age photo

A file photo shows construction workers working at a site in Dhaka. The credit growth in private sector fell further in April due mainly to the declining trend of industrial loan disbursement and overall import payment. — New Age photo

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia presents the party’s ‘budget thoughts’ at a programme at Sonargaon Hotel on Tuesday. — Indrajit Ghosh

Italy’s Sara Errani celebrates after winning over Germany’s Angelique Kerber in their Women’s Singles Quaterfinals match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Tuesday. — AFP Photo

A file photo of England national team

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, ride in the 1902 State Landau coach during a carriage procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace after attending a national service of thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London on Tuesday. — AFP photo

A grocery shop owner counts rupees notes in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad recently. — Reuters photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, distributes the prime minister’s special award for tree planting at a World Environment Day programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Tuesday.— PID photo

Myanmar Muslim men hold up pictures of the recent violence which took place in the western Rakhine state during a gathering in Yangon on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo waves to the fans on arrival at Lisbon airport on Monday before heading for Poznan to take part in the Euro 2012 football championship. – AFP Photo

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