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At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. “They were brought dead to the hospital with bullet wounds,” said Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, the superintendent of the district hospital. In the northeastern district of Pabna, at least three people were killed and 50 injured during a clash between protesters and activists of Hasina’s ruling Awami League, witnesses said. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP - Getty ImagesTwo more were killed in violence in the northern district of Bogura, and 20 were killed in nine other districts, hospital officials said. Last month, at least 150 people were killed, thousands injured and about 10,000 arrested in violence touched off by demonstrations led by student groups protesting against quotas for government jobs.
Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, ” Hasina, , , Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, Hasina’s, Munir Uz Zaman, Samanta Lal Sen Organizations: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Critics, Police, Awami League, AFP, Getty, Facebook Locations: Bangladesh, Munsiganj, Pabna, Dhaka, Bogura
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters —At least 27 people were killed and scores injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, as police fired tear gas and lobbed stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersTwo construction workers were killed on their way to work and 30 injured in the central district of Munsiganj, during a three-way clash of protesters, police and ruling party activists, witnesses said. “They were brought dead to the hospital with bullet wounds,” said Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, the superintendent of the district hospital. In the northeastern district of Pabna, at least three people were killed and 50 injured during a clash between protesters and activists of Hasina’s ruling Awami League, witnesses said. Two more were killed in violence in the northern district of Bogura, and five were killed in four other districts, hospital officials said.
Persons: Sheikh Hasina, Hasina, ” Hasina, , Abdul Goni, Mohammad Ponir Hossain, , Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, Hasina’s, Samanta Lal Sen Organizations: Bangladesh Reuters —, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Critics, , Getty, Police, Awami League, Facebook Locations: Dhaka, Bangladesh, AFP, Munsiganj, Pabna, Bogura
Bangladesh inferno kills at least 43, injures dozens more
  + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
A massive fire raced through a six-storey building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka late on Thursday, killing at least 43 people and injuring dozens, the country’s health minister said. The fire originated in a restaurant and quickly spread to other floors, fire service officials said. At least 43 people have died and 22 others are being treated at hospitals with burn wounds, Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen told reporters after visiting the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which was under control after two hours of frantic efforts by 13 firefighting units, the fire service officials said. Firefighters used a crane to rescue people from the charred building, the fire service officials said.
Persons: Samanta Lal Sen, Sen, Survivor Mohammad Altaf, , ” Altaf, Firefighters, Main Uddin, Mohammad Ponir Hossain Organizations: Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Survivor, Bangladesh Fire Service, Civil Defence, Firefighters, Reuters Locations: Dhaka, Bangladesh
At least 43 people were killed and dozens were injured when a fire ripped through a shopping mall late Thursday night in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. “So far, we know that 43 have died,” Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, the health minister, told reporters outside a hospital where some of the injured were being treated. Some were being treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mr. Sen said. The fire erupted at about 9:51 p.m. on the mall’s second floor, which features a popular biryani restaurant. It quickly spread to the rest of the seven-story building, fire officials said, ripping through a clothing store on the third floor.
Persons: ” Dr, Samanta Lal Sen, Sen Organizations: Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mr Locations: Dhaka
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