Khaleda tests negative for COVID
Result returned negative after the BNP chairperson tested for the third time on Saturday
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 772,127
- Recovery: 706,833
- Death: 11,878
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection:157,113,663
- Recovery:93,217,307
- Death:3,274,385
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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Sufia Begum, a poor senior citizen, returns home after buying a sari for only Tk 10 on Saturday, May 8, 2021 under a programme launched by Switch Foundation Bangladesh at Dhaka Udyan. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Dust gathers on the counters at Gabtoli Bus Terminal as long-haul passenger transport services remain suspended for a long time amid a coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Transport workers play cricket at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in Dhaka with long-haul passenger transport services suspended for a long time amid a coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Reaz Islam, CEO of LR Global Bangladesh, narrates the state of the capital market and the successes of his company, one of the top fund managers in the country, at a media briefing in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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People overcrowd the shops in Dhaka's New Market without maintaining physical distancing for shopping amid a second wave of deadly coronavirus infections on Friday, May 7, 2021 ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
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