Hawkers, CNG-run three-wheelers, and rental vehicles occupy a part of the road near Jurain level crossing in the capital, making it difficult for traffic to flow smoothly. The photo was taken yesterday.
Photo: Anisur Rahman
With despair and frustration painted all over her face, a woman holds her sleeping baby while waiting for her turn to purchase rice and flour at a subsidised rate from a TCB truck, under the government’s OMS initiative, in Khulna city’s No.5 terminal. With continuous hikes in the prices of essentials, the desperation of people from low-income groups for affordable food is increasing every day, and the women have nothing to do but bring their children to suffer in long lines along with them.
PHOTO: HABIBUR RAHMAN