Accidents hold up
northbound traffic
Overnight rains and two accidents involving freight trucks slowed down traffic on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 1,984,700
- Recovery: 779----
- Death: 29,185
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 551,786,489
- Recovery: 3,405,---
- Death: 6,343,297
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Accidents hold up
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Ratan Mia and four others from Sirajganj’s Ullapara arrive at Dhaka’s Bhatara cattle market with 16 cows. They are cooking a meal for themselves on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Cows are brought from different parts of the country to Bhatara cattle market for Eid-ul-Azha. Photo taken on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A farmer is busy making feed for his cows at Bhatara cattle market on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Cows are brought in on trucks to Shahjahanpur’s cattle market in Dhaka on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Cows are stationed at the entrance of Shahjahanpur Railway Colony on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A temporary cattle market has been set up at Shahjahanpur Railway Colony ground. Photo taken on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Visitors at Shahjahanpur Railway Colony cattle market are taking a look at a cow on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A floating trader is looking for customers to sell garlands at Dhaka’s Bhatara cattle market on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. These garlands are used to decorate the sacrificial cattle. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Women shop at Dhaka’s New Market on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Coronavirus cases are on the rise in the last few days, and the government has made wearing a face mask compulsory. However, most of the shoppers who came for Eid shopping in Dhaka’s New Market on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022, did not have masks on their faces. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Shoppers crowd makeshift shops in Dhaka’s New Market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Shoppers flock to the capital's New Market to buy children's clothes along with clothes for others ahead of Eid-ul-Azha on Wednesday, Jul 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Shoppers throng New Market in Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Many people are coming to the market to shop with their families. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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People park cars and rickshaws on the street despite a No Parking sign while the footpaths are fully occupied by hawkers in Dhaka’s New Market area, making it difficult for pedestrians to walk amid the Eid-ul-Azha holiday shopping season. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Hawkers are back to fully occupy the footpaths of the New Market area in Dhaka with various products, increasing the suffering of customers during the Eid-ul-Azha holiday shopping season. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Farm ducks eat food in a group at Dowarabazar Upazila in Sunamganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Farmers roam around water bodies with a flock of ducks to feed them in Sunamganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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The breeds reared by the farmers in Sunamganj are mostly of local and Chinese varieties. Some also raise swans. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Two farmers take their ducks out for feeding at Dowarabazar Upazila in Sunamganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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