Myanmar forces fire
tear gas, stun
grenades on protest
It comes just hours after a UN envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ruling junta for the killings of protesters
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 549,184
- Recovery: 501,144
- Death: 8,441
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 115,781,179
- Recovery: 65,496,667
- Death: 2,572,353
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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People have put up a sign to mark an uncovered manhole on a footpath that was repaired a few days ago in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Tree branches are used to mark an uncovered manhole on a footpath that was repaired a few days ago in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Leftist student groups rally outside the National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Friday, Mar 5, 2021 demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail, release of activists arrested in political cases and repeal of the Digital Security Case. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Leftist student groups rally outside the National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Friday, Mar 5, 2021 demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail, release of activists arrested in political cases and repeal of the Digital Security Case. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Members of Bangladesh Students’ Union demonstrate outside the National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Friday, Mar 5, 2021 demanding release of their seven leaders, including Private University Unit President Tamzid Haider, who were arrested during protests over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Supporters of the Communist Party of Bangladesh or CPB rally outside the National Press Club in Dhaka demanding the release of detained student leaders and the repeal of the Digital Security Act, 2018 on Friday, Mar 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Leaders and activists of the Communist Party of Bangladesh or CPB demonstrate on Topkhana Road in Dhaka demanding the release of detained student leaders and the repeal of the Digital Security Act on Friday, Mar 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Ahead of the International Women's Day, several organisations take out rallies from the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, Mar 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Ahead of the International Women's Day, several organisations take out rallies from the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, Mar 5, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Mosquitoes breed on stagnant water beside the street at Azimpur in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana, takes the coronavirus vaccine at the Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: PMO
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gananbhaban in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: PMO
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An elderly person getting his COVID-19 vaccine dose at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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An elderly person getting his COVID-19 vaccine dose at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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An elderly woman waits in a wheelchair for her turn to get COVID-19 vaccine dose at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Maj Gen SM Salahuddin Islam, military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, pays his last respects to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Maj Gen Naquib Ahmed Chowdhury, military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, places a wreath on the coffin of her political adviser HT Imam at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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General Secretary Obaidul Quader pays his last respects to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, by placing a wreath on his coffin on behalf of the Awami League at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Dhaka South City Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh pays tributes to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, by placing a wreath on his coffin at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Information Minister Hasan Mahmud pays his last respects to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Several organisations pay last their respects to HT Imam, political adviser to the prime minister, at the Central Shaheed Minar premises in Dhaka on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attends a joint press conference after a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen at the state guest house Padma on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attends a joint press conference after a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen at the state guest house Padma on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen attends a joint press conference after a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar at the state guest house Padma on Thursday, Mar 4, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A crop field mosaic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been crafted on a 105-bigha land in Bhobanipur union of Bogura's Sherpur Upazila. The organisers are hoping that it will be included in the Guinness World Records as the 'largest crop field mosaic in the world.' Photo: Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan
HT Imam is dead
The 82-year-old political adviser to the prime minister was suffering from old-age complications
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‘I’m not afraid
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