India’s chief of defence
staff Gen Bipin Rawat
dies in helicopter crash
The top general’s wife and 11 other people are also dead in the crash
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 1,578,288
- Recovery: 779----
- Death: 28,016
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 267,087,259
- Recovery: 3,405,---
- Death: 5,270,441
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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A convict in the murder case of BUET student Abrar Fahad is sent back to jail after the verdict is announced on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. The court sentenced 20 people to death and five others to life in prison over the 2019 murder. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Rescuers of the Fire Service and Civil Defence search for Kamal Uddin on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021, a day after the boy fell into the Chashma canal in Chattogram. Photo: Suman Babu
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Candidates for jobs rally at Shahbagh in Dhaka under the banner of All-Party Student Unity Council demanding that the maximum age to enter a job be raised permanently across the board on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021.
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Customers wait in long queues to buy groceries at cheaper prices from a dealer of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh at Mirpur-12 in Dhaka on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Students ride bicycles in a parade from Rampura Bridge to Notre Dame College in Dhaka as part of demonstrations demanding safe roads on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021.
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Students demonstrate outside Notre Dame College in Dhaka’s Arambagh after a bicycle parade from Rampura Bridge demanding safe roads on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021.
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The mother of Ishtiak Ahmed Munna, who was among five people sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad, cries at the Dhaka court premises after the delivery of the verdict on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. The court also sentenced 20 other accused to death. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Policemen escort the accused in a case over the 2019 murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad to the Dhaka court’s holding cell before the delivery of the verdict on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. The court sentenced 20 people to death and five others to life in prison. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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The convicts in a case over the 2019 murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad speak to their relatives through the grills of a prison van after a Dhaka court sentenced 20 people to death and five others to life in prison on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Relatives of convicts in a case over the 2019 murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad break down after the delivery of the verdict on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. The court sentenced 20 accused to death and five others to life in prison. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Barkat Ullah, the father of BUET student Abrar Fahad who was killed by Chhatra League activists in 2019, expresses his satisfaction over the verdict delivered by a Dhaka court. The court sentenced 20 suspects to death and five others to life in prison over the murder. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A suspect in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad is taken to the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A suspect in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad is taken to the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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A suspect in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad is taken to the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Police bring suspects in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad to court on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Police bring suspects in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad to court on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Police bring suspects in a case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad to court on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Wholesalers carry out their business from their truck on the street at Badamtoli Bazar while fruit retailers occupy a footpath beside Ahsan Manjil. Photo was taken on Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Women pack cotton produced from plastic waste in sacks at a factory in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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