Addressing the high demand for subsidised essential commodities, TCB trucks now carry double the previous supply, sufficient for 400 people. As a result, men and women are seen forming orderly queues, a significant improvement from several weeks ago when limited supplies caused pushing, shoving, and even fights to break out in the middle of the queues. Every day, people from low-income groups, who are unable to keep up with the soaring market prices of essentials, wait for hours for TCB trucks at various locations around the capital. This photo was taken in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. Photo: Prabir Das
A SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF ... The state of the Shibsa river in Khulna’s Paikgachha continues to deteriorate. Sedimentation and obstruction to upstream flow have been choking the once-mighty waterway. Related story on page 12. Photo: Habibur Rahman
After two wagons of a freight train from Chattogram derailed at the entrance to the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station at 11:30am yesterday, trains travelling to and from Dhaka were delayed by up to four hours, causing immense suffering to passengers. Trains were running late even late at night yesterday.
Photo: Palash Khan
