
One more critically injured person died on Sunday while undergoing treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during countrywide student protests to at least 213.聽
The victim, Babul Hawladar, 48, was admitted to the hospital on July 19 after he received a bullet in the throat during violence at the time of student movement for quota reform in government jobs.
Babul Hawladar, from Munshiganj, worked as a house painter. He was hit by the bullet in Rampura while he was returning from Jummah prayers, said his son Md Parvez.聽
Hospital sources said that 123 people, including 14 in the Intensive Care Unit, were undergoing treatment as of Monday noon for critical injuries received during the movement.
The 抖阴精品 collected the number of deaths from only 12 hospitals in Dhaka city and some hospitals in 10 other districts, as many hospitals either declined to provide information or were unreachable regarding the number of casualties during the protests.
On Sunday, the government at last disclosed that 147 people, including common people, students, police, and ruling Awami League activists, were killed across the country in the violence.
The official death toll reached 150 on Monday, said cabinet secretary Md Mahbub Hossain in an update given to the cabinet.