Pre-lockdown exodus
spread COVID: study
Before the first lockdown in 2020, people left Dhaka in the tens of thousands
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 1,534,440
- Recovery: 779----
- Death: 27,007
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 225,778,167
- Recovery: 3,405,---
- Death: 4,648,145
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Pre-lockdown exodus
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The machines of a factory at Dighir Par in Munshiganj’s Tongibari can embroider more than 50 clothes at a time. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A factory at Dighir Par in Munshiganj’s Tongibari uses digital technology to automatically embroider designs perfected on computers. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Machines embroider colourful designs on clothes in a short period of time without physical labour. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A factory at Dighir Par in Munshiganj’s Tongibari uses digital technology to automatically embroider designs perfected on computers. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Machines embroider colourful designs on clothes in a short period of time without physical labour. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Fans demonstrate near Outer Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021 demanding the inclusion of Tamim Iqbal, a player from Chattogram, in the Bangladesh squad for the T20 World Cup. Photo: Uttam Sen Gupta
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Young cricketers demonstrate near Outer Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021 demanding the inclusion of Tamim Iqbal, a player from Chattogram, in the Bangladesh squad for the T20 World Cup. Photo: Uttam Sen Gupta
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A wholesale market of masks sits under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka daily. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Traders sell colourful masks at a wholesale market under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Sales of masks are taking place at a wholesale market under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Colourful masks for children are available at the wholesale market under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Traders say the masks are made for brides and grooms to wear during wedding. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A wholesale market of masks sits under Babubazar Bridge in Old Dhaka daily. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A rickshaw van-puller uses a polythene sheet for cover during rains on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Rickshaw passengers use a polythene sheet for cover during rains on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute says the ‘multi-colour table chicken’ is suited to the Bangladeshi environment, with a death rate of only 1.5 percent. The cost of raising the breed is also comparatively low. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute says the flavour of the ‘multi-colour table chicken’ is comparable to that of domestic poultry. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Though it looks much like the regular domestic chicken, the newly unveiled ‘multi-colour table chicken’ has more meat, according to the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
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Despite the passing of the monsoon season, Dhaka is still experiencing intermittent rain. Many commuters were drenched as they travelled along Mirpur Road in Dhanmondi on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Despite the passing of the monsoon season, Dhaka is still experiencing intermittent rain. Many commuters were drenched as they travelled along Mirpur Road in Dhanmondi on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Expatriates from the UAE hold a hunger strike in front of the Expatriate Welfare building in Dhaka on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 to protest the delay in obtaining Rapid PCR Testing Machines for airports. The UAE has barred travellers from Bangladesh from flying into the country until airports can test passengers for COVID-19 at the airport before departure. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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