As Bangladesh started a new phase of lockdown on April 14, 2021—apparently a more stringent one—the country was faced with a grim milestone. On the first day of the Bengali New Year, the country recorded 96 deaths, the highest till then, since the pandemic hit the country.
It was also the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and social media was flooded with pictures of happy people gathering together in the alleys of Old Dhaka in the evening to buy the Iftar delicacies that the place is well-known for, and cars being lined up on one of the main roads of Dhanmondi—a buzzing neighbourhood, where people were out to the buy their favourite jilapi from a popular sweet store.
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