Brahmanbaria mayhem: 6 more Hefazat men held
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27th April, 2021 03:30:52
Six more people have been arrested in the past 24 hours in connection with last month s mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam supporters in Brahmanbaria, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made from different parts of Brahmanbaria after identifying the accused from video footage and images taken during the violence, the district police said.
Two of the six arrested have been identified as Sadekpr Union Chartra Olama Oikko Parishad’s secretary Kwari Md Mojammel Haque and Ashuganj upajila Hefazat-e-Islam and Imam Parishad secretary Maulana Mufti Obaydullah.
So far, 55 cases have been filed and 375 people nabbed over the rampage, the district police said in a release.
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Health workers in India tend to a COVID patient in need of intensive care. As the virus rages abroad, the world is begging for vaccines.Punit Paranjpe / AFP / Getty Images
Of all the balancing acts a president must execute, the most difficult may be serving the country without forsaking the world.
It represents a moral quandary that, while profoundly vexing, is a hallmark of the job.
President Joe Biden is living this in real time.
Statistics show the tragic gap in vaccine access between rich and poor nations, with the United States among the countries enjoying an abundance of vaccines, especially as we hit a discomforting wall of vaccine hesitancy. Meanwhile, COVID-19 rages in India.
How did the outbreak get so bad? That question continues to puzzle experts. Back in early February, hospitalisation numbers had plummeted and India was reporting about as many new cases per day as New York state, despite being 50 times as populous. The only likely explanation was widespread immunity, epidemiologists said at the time.
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Desperate patients and relatives have turned to the black market for medicine, while others die in hospitals amid oxygen shortages. India is now the epicentre of the global pandemic and a focal point of international concern. The country reported more than 350,000 new cases on Monday alone, breaking daily infection records for the fifth straight day.