Daily count: 36 virus
deaths, 1,376 cases
Total caseload surges to 1,547,176, while total death toll hits 27,313
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Bangladesh
- Infection: 1,547,176
- Recovery: 779----
- Death: 27,313
Source: IEDCR
World
- Infection: 229,400,528
- Recovery: 3,405,---
- Death: 4,705,370
Source: Johns Hopkins University
Daily count: 36 virus
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Overseas Uyghurs struggle to
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Social entrepreneurs fight to make gig work fairer
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A botched drone strike in Kabul started with the wrong car
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Inside Facebook’s push to defend its image
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Baking that’s simple, but always satisfying
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Germany’s far right is nowhere in the election. But it’s ‘here to stay’
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Sardines look like hilsa. They are sold along with hilsa at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Transportation of goods grinds to a halt at NCC Gate No. 2 in Chattogram due to a strike by Truck and Covered Van Owners-Workers Unity Council at the port on Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu
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Goods vehicles are parked on Chatttogram Link Road as Truck and Covered Van Owners-Workers Unity Council enforces a strike at the port on Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu
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Workers demonstrate at Chattogram Port Crossing as Truck and Covered Van Owners-Workers Unity Council enforces a strike at the port on Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021. Photo: Suman Babu
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Hilsa fish weighing 1.5 kg are sold at Tk 1,200 to Tk 1,400 per kg at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Retailers sort out fish purchased at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka on Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Hilsa fish of different sizes are sold at Tk 300 to Tk 1,600 per kg at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Hilsa fish prices have dropped due to a buoyant supply. At Karwan Bazar in Dhaka, hilsa weighing 1 kg are sold at Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,200. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A trader shows hilsa at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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A customer must buy at least 5 kg or four hilsa at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Jatka, or juvenile hilsa, are sold along with adult fish jatka, or juvenile hilsa, at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Retailers crowd Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka for hilsa. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Traders sell hilsa at Karwan Bazar wholesale market in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
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Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel was brought before the court of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at the end of a three-day remand to interrogate him over an embezzlement case filed at the Gulshan Police Station. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Customers of e-commerce site Evaly hold a demonstration in front of a Dhaka court on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, to push for a seven-point list of demands including the release of Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, who have been arrested over embezzlement allegations. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Customers of e-commerce site Evaly hold a demonstration in front of a Dhaka court on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, to push for a seven-point list of demands including the release of Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, who have been arrested over embezzlement allegations. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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A woman holds up a sign in support of Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, who have been arrested over embezzlement allegations, during a demonstration on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Customers of e-commerce site Evaly get into arguments with police during a demonstration in front of a Dhaka court on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, as they push for a seven-point list of demands including the release of Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, who have been arrested over embezzlement allegations. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Bangladeshi expatriates from the United Arab Emirates protest outside Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021 against the delayed installation of rapid PCR machines for coronavirus tests. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Guests attend the inauguration of a weeklong cleaning campaign at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021 to mark World Cleanup Day. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman speaks at the inauguration of a weeklong cleaning campaign at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021 to mark World Cleanup Day. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman and guests participate in a cleaning campaign at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021 to mark World Cleanup Day. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Cleaners mop the floor outside the exit of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu
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Police escort Abdul Malek, who has been accused of earning a substantial amount through graft, to a special tribunal in Dhaka on Monday, Sept 20, 2021. The tribunal sentenced him to 15 years in prison in an arms case.
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Drivers queue with their vehicles at a CNG filling station in Dhaka’s Moghbazar on Monday, Sept 20, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Trudeau will remain PM, but
without a stronger mandate
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Suarez double hands Atletico victory at Getafe
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ADB cuts growth forecast
in pandemic fallout
The latest update from the institution lowers 2021 growth forecast to 5.5% from the earlier projection of 6.8%
Freeze on Evaly asset sale
The court order also prohibits the transfer of assets held by Evaly, a scam-tainted e-commerce company
Biden calls for diplomacy, not conflict at UN
The US president made the case for a new era of unity to meet challenges, but some allies and adversaries say his actions belie his words
What if ‘Star Wars’ really were Japanese?
“Star Wars: Visions,” a collection of short films on Disney+, lets Japanese animators play with a franchise that has deep roots in their country’s storytelling traditions
