Two cases filed over Friday clashes
Cases have been filed with Ramna and Paltan police over clashes in Dhaka amid rising communal tensions
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 1,565,174
- Recovery: 779----
- Death: 27,752
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 240,378,292
- Recovery: 3,405,---
- Death: 4,894,323
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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Passengers wait for a bus for a long time at Bangla Motor in Dhaka as vehicles get stuck in traffic jams on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, although it is a weekly holiday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Members of youth, women and student fronts of the Nagorik Oikya carry kitchen utensils during a protest against a rise in prices of essential commodities in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Sammilito Sangskritik Jote organises a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, in protest against attacks on Durga Puja venues. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Members of Sammilito Jatiya Jote demonstrate outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, demanding amendment to the law on the registration of political parties.
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Jago Hindu Parishad holds a rally outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, in protest against attacks on Durga Puja venues in parts of Bangladesh.
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Members of Sammilito Jatiya Jote demonstrate outside the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, demanding amendment to the law on the registration of political parties.
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Work on WASA's sewerage lines narrows Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Avenue, hampering traffic at the capital's Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Work on WASA sewerage lines is underway at Tejgaon's Tajuddin Ahmad Avenue in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Pedestrians struggle to navigate around the piles of construction materials left on the footpaths of Tejgaon's Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Avenue. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Work on WASA sewerage lines is underway at Tejgaon's Tajuddin Ahmad Avenue in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Roads are largely clear of traffic in Chattogram’s Andarkilla on Saturday, October 16, 2021 after the Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Unity Council called a general strike to protest attacks on puja venues. Photo: Mitoon Chowdhury
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Roads are largely clear of traffic, but there are plenty of pedestrians out and about in Chattogram on Saturday, October 16, 2021 after the Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Unity Council called a general strike to protest attacks on puja venues. Photo: Mitoon Chowdhury
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Hindu devotees use boat to immerse idols in the Buriganga river at Waisghat in Dhaka at the end of Durga Puja on Friday, Oct 15, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Hindu devotees celebrate Bijoya Doshomi while marching in procession to immerse idols at the end of Durga Puja at Mohammadpur’s Bosila in Dhaka on Friday, Oct 15, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Hindu devotees gather to immerse idols at the end of Durga Puja at Mohammadpur’s Bosila in Dhaka on Friday, Oct 15, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Hindu devotees celebrate Durga Puja before the immersion of idols in the Buriganga river at Waisghat in Dhaka on Friday, Oct 15, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Idols are immersed in the Buriganga river at Mohammadpur’s Bosila in Dhaka at the end of Durga Puja on Friday, Oct 15, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Demonstrators leave footwear on the street of Kakrail in Dhaka after clashes with police during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A policeman fires a teargas shell at Kakrail in Dhaka to disperse agitated Muslims during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Muslims clash with police at Kakrail in Dhaka during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Agitated Muslims march from the Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Agitated Muslims break the lock of a gate of the Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Police stop a procession of Muslims at Kakrail in Dhaka during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Muslims clash with police at Kakrail in Dhaka during protests on Friday, Oct 15, 2021 against the alleged “dishonouring” of the Quran in Cumilla. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A worker lays out cattle tail hair collected from a tannery to dry at Dhaka’s Hazaribagh. The hair is sold for Tk 180 per kg. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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