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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
One-minute silence observed for migrant workers who died of Covid-19

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

TBS Report
12 April, 2020, 11:35 am
Last modified: 12 April, 2020, 11:39 am

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One-minute silence observed for migrant workers who died of Covid-19

RMMRU forwarded a mourning proposal for the deceased workers and also urged all Bangladeshis at home and abroad to observe a one-minute silence

TBS Report
12 April, 2020, 11:35 am
Last modified: 12 April, 2020, 11:39 am
One-minute silence observed for migrant workers who died of Covid-19

A one-minute silence for the migrant workers, who died from the Covid-19, has been observed at 9am today at home and abroad.

Bangladesh civil society for migration, Migrant Forum Asia, Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit (RMMRU) organised the programme jointly.

"We are in grief. We mourned those who lost their lives to coronavirus," Said Tasneem Siddiqui, founder chair of RMMRU.

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Earlier, RMMRU forwarded a mourning proposal for the deceased workers and also urged all Bangladeshis at home and abroad to observe a one-minute silence.
 

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