One more critically injured person died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, taking the death toll from the recent violence during student protests to at least 214 till Wednesday.
The victim, Abdur Rahman, 42, was admitted to the DMCH after he was hit by bullets in violence during the countrywide student movement for quota reform in government jobs.
Abul Bashar, the victim鈥檚 brother-in-law, said that Rahman was a farmer.
He was admitted to the DMCH on July 20 after sustaining bullet wounds while going to Pachdona Bazar in Narsingdi, Basher added.
He died at the hospital鈥檚 intensive care unit on Wednesday morning.
With the death of Rahman, the death toll at the DMCH rose to 89 and at least 214 across the country till Wednesday.
The number of deaths, however, was collected from only 12 hospitals in Dhaka and some hospitals in 10 other districts as many hospitals either declined to provide information or could not be reached for comment regarding the number of the injured and deaths during the protests.
On Sunday, the government at last disclosed that 147 people, including ordinary 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 referring to an update given to the cabinet.
