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<image:caption>A suspect has been identified from CCTV footage</image:caption>
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<news:title>Rape attempt on female student at Jahangirnagar University; case filed</news:title>
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<image:caption>Padma River</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T13:15:31.082Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Padma Barrage: Tk 344.97b project approved</news:title>
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<image:caption>Workers are busy processing hides of sacrificial animals at a tannery.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Eid-ul-Azha: Cowhide price rises by Tk 2 per sqft</news:title>
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<image:caption>Police escort former Home Secretary Jahangir Alam in a wheelchair to the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on 13 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T11:25:54.617Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Ex-home secy Jahangir shown arrested in rickshaw puller Ripon murder case, brought to court in wheelchair</news:title>
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<image:caption>former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud and former Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T10:53:52.868Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Tribunal orders state-appointed defence counsel for 17 accused including Hasan, Nowfel</news:title>
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<image:caption>Latif Siddiqui appears before a court in Dhaka on 13 May</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T10:49:19.500Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>I don’t seek justice where there is no fair trial, aggrieved Latif Siddiqui at court</news:title>
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<image:caption>A public awareness seminar organised by the BFSA and the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh at the conference room of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority to mark Salt Awareness Week 2026 on 13 May 2026</image:caption>
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<news:title>24,000 die annually in Bangladesh due to high-sodium foods</news:title>
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<image:caption>Shamim Osman</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T10:12:00.822Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Shamim Osman, 11 others indicted; opening statements set for 10 June</news:title>
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<image:caption>Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T10:11:51.729Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant unit-1 completes fuel loading</news:title>
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<image:caption>Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain spoke at the vaccine donation ceremony held at Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka on 13 May, 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T09:42:15.862Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sinovac Foundation donates 383,000 doses of polio vaccine to Bangladesh</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/99cxk416lc</loc>
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<image:caption>At 12:31 pm on 4 July 2023, S Alam seated Ahsanul Alam in the chairman’s chair as those present applauded</image:caption>
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<image:caption>From left: Akiz Uddin, personal secretary to S Alam and deputy managing director of Islami Bank; Belal Ahmed, S Alam’s son-in-law and chairman of Social Islami Bank; Ahsanul Alam, S Alam’s son and chairman of Islami Bank; Saiful Alam Masud, also known as S Alam; Monirul Moula, managing director of Islami Bank; Mohammad Qaisar Ali, additional managing director; JQM Habibullah, company secretary; Altaf Hossain, deputy managing director; and Kazi Rezaul Karim, Mifta Uddin, Jamal Uddin Majumdar and Kamal Uddin.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>S Alam seated his son Ahsanul Alam in the chairman’s chair</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T09:28:18.851Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>A mysterious visit by S Alam to Islami Bank</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/t06nw2hur7</loc>
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<image:caption>FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Spectators enjoy the World Cup on the big screen at Dhaka University's TSC</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T09:16:24.014Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FIFA World Cup: Uncertainty over broadcast in Bangladesh</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/n4tuiq26kx</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-05-13/0h9993xg/River-Encroachment.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>In this country, anyone can purchase land along a riverbank and construct virtually any kind of structure there.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T08:07:41.403Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Why do rivers die</news:title>
<news:keywords>River, River Occupation , River Pollution, River Ecology</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/521pjim7ot</loc>
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<image:caption>Former Minister for Housing and Public Works, freedom fighter Mosharraf Hossain</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T07:23:16.656Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Former minister Mosharraf Hossain passes away</news:title>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/cfo854fc32</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T07:14:21.417Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Why strengthening local govt is essential</news:title>
<news:keywords>Local Government Election, Local government, BNP Government, Politics, Constitution, Democracy, Reform, Rights</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/middle-east/ijzsrz9ewk</loc>
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<image:caption>An explosion erupts in the area of al-Housh following Israeli bombardment as seen from Tyre in southern Lebanon on 12 May, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T05:32:49.465Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Israel strikes Lebanon as authorities report 380 killed since truce</news:title>
<news:keywords>Explosion, Lebanon, Attack, Weapon, Israel, Massacre, Iran-Israel Conflict</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/international/middle-east/5kchndty7s</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-05-13/y2wvf9wd/image-386537-1778643077.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>An Iranian man walks past an anti-USA and anti-Israel mural, in Tehran on 21 April, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T05:32:40.791Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Iran says US must accept its peace plan or face 'failure'</news:title>
<news:keywords>Iran, Israel-US attack on Iran, Peace, Lebanon</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/ott/pguk2pjem0</loc>
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<image:caption>Karina Kaiser</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-05-13/zcqfiafe/prothomalo-bangla2026-05-12j7jb7os369635014728067873296845323133161545349016993n.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Karina left for Chennai from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital by air ambulance at 11pm on 11 May, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Karina Kaiser</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Karina Kaiser with her father Kaiser Hamid</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T05:10:45.111Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Karina’s two brothers undergo blood tests in Chennai, one to donate liver</news:title>
<news:keywords>OTT, Treatment, Social Media, Television, Chennai</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/wckunm65oq</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-03-13/kes2o3ke/President-Mohammed-Shahabuddin.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>President Mohammed Shahabuddin</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T04:22:25.245Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>President undergoes stent procedure after heart blockage is detected</news:title>
<news:keywords>President Md Shahabuddin, Heart disease</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/l0wweqis1j</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-05-13/hlcwnrcj/DNCC-Trash-Collection.jpeg</image:loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2025-05-11/x8o0bkkv/prothomalo-bangla2025-05-11l8e8wc20Image.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>A child worker pushes a waste collection cart in Shewrapara area of Dhaka.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.prothomalo.com/prothomalo-english/2026-05-13/aq0gbgsb/Waste-Business.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>A worker of a van-based waste collection service collects household rubbish on Road No. 50 in the Gulshan 2 area, Dhaka in the afternoon on 12 May 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T04:11:22.033Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Extortionists have changed, obstacles from ‘invisible forces’ too</news:title>
<news:keywords>BNP leader, Awami League, Dhaka, Household Waste, Waste Management, Exclusive, Extortion, Crime</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/environment/fcupqixgw5</loc>
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<image:caption>Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, 10 September, 2019</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T03:38:04.846Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Amazon rainforest ‘under attack’ from organised crime: report</news:title>
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<image:caption>At around 2:30 pm on Tuesday, a scene in front of the Mirpur Heart Foundation showing a TCB product sales truck. Seventy-year-old Salema Begum stands in the queue for TCB goods with 15-year-old teenager Saiful Islam, a person with special needs, who has been tied with a chain.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-13T03:15:24.518Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Woman in TCB queue with grandchild tied by chain</news:title>
<news:keywords>TCB, Infiltration, Price Hike</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/2nee35yish</loc>
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<image:caption>A mother burst into tears while talking about her her child's health.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ambassadors and high commissioners of OIC member states stationed in Dhaka paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at his office in the Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh Secretariat.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T13:46:26.821Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Dattatreya Hosabale, general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), poses for a photograph during a briefing for foreign media at the RSS office in New Delhi, India, May 12, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T12:55:22.564Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T12:52:37.016Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>A woman breaks down in tears as her five-month-old baby with measles receives treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Bangladesh Neonatal Hospital in Signboard, Narayanganj on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T12:44:28.813Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>People walk past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, 12 May, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister Tarique Rahman exchanged views with Dhaka University (DU) students at the Professor Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury Auditorium in the Social Sciences Faculty on campus today</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T12:14:35.817Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>PM urges students to help maintain stability in universities</news:title>
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<image:caption>This photograph taken on 12 May, 2026 shows a logo of the Marche du Film (film market) in the Palais du Festival before the start of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T12:12:49.315Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Former Chief Justice Khairul Haque at the court on 24 July 2025</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T11:23:03.321Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Khairul Haque granted bail in two more cases, no bar to release</news:title>
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<image:caption>Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Iqbal Hasan Mahmud (Tuku) speaks to journalists in Dinajpur on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T11:20:38.034Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Fascist govt neglected domestic resources, built import-dependent system: Energy Minister</news:title>
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<image:caption>Bangladesh players celebrate a wicket during in the second innings of their Test against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T11:20:29.136Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Bangladesh's commercial banks have collectively launched institutionally governed venture capital platform</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T11:11:53.344Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bangladesh’s banking sector launches institutionally governed venture capital platform</news:title>
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<image:caption>India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and Bangladesh’s Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T10:42:46.613Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inaugurates the workshop on “Transforming Higher Education in Bangladesh: A Roadmap for Sustainable Excellence” on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister Tarique Rahman speaks at a workshop held in Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban in Dhaka University (DU) on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister Tarique Rahman speaks at a workshop held in Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban in Dhaka University (DU) on 12 May 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T09:47:09.935Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman addresses a regular press briefing at the Secretariat on 12 May 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T09:34:37.110Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Trade agreement with US: PM’s adviser favours review, not cancellation </news:title>
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<image:caption>Mofiz Uddin Husking Mill in Barail village of Dinajpur Sadar has shut down. Once a bustling rice mill, it is now trying to survive by producing bran for cattle feed.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T08:28:41.499Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>BCB Ad-hoc Committee President Tamim Iqbal addresses a media conference after signing the deal at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka on 12 May 2026</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The deal was signed at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka on 12 May 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T08:26:49.399Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-12T08:16:45.829Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Rows of parked motorcycles occupy the footpath, while pedestrians squeeze through a narrow passage in the middle.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A motorcyclist rides along the footpath.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A motorcycle and pedestrians face each other on the footpath.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Rows of rickshaws and vans occupy the footpath.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Motorcycles are parked on the footpath while pedestrians walk past them.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Cars stand on one side and parked motorcycles on the other, while another motorcyclist rides through the middle of the footpath.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Children walk between two rows of motorcycles parked across the footpath.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>In the wake of the spread of measles almost throughout the country, the general public's demand for measles detection tests has increased.</image:caption>
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