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Shafiqul Alam. File photo: Facebook
Bangladesh

Govt trying to identify July martyrs buried in unmarked graves: Shafiqul Alam

The press secretary said the government has stood by the martyrs' families and victims of the July uprising, he says

File photo of DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Fee hiked for preserving graves, not for burial: Mayor Atiqul

People visit a makeshift memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc band council encouraged mourners to take part in a national day of prayer to honor the remains of 215 children that were found at the site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
World+Biz

Canada indigenous groups in nationwide hunt for more graves after new discoveries

Members of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) patrol in the Ganges river past burning pyres of bodies that washed up on its banks after monsoon rains swelled it and exposed shallow sand graves dug during the peak of the latest COVID-19 wave in Phaphamau on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India, June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
Coronavirus chronicle

Swelling Ganges opens up India's riverside graves

Kamloops residents and First Nations people gather to listen to drummers and singers at a memorial in front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site last week, in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada May 31, 2021. REUTERS/Dennis Owen
World+Biz

Canadian indigenous group discovers 751 unmarked graves at residential school