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April 19, 2021

Police Kill Five People as 2,000 Workers Protest Unpaid Wages in Bangladesh
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In Bangladesh, five people were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday
after police opened fire on a crowd of 2,000 workers protesting unpaid
wages and demanding better working conditions. The violent crackdown
came at a Chinese-owned coal-fired power plant southeast of the capital,
Dhaka.


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