STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
This three-storey threadbare structure in Old Dhaka's Islambagh area is still home to at least 30 families, where life, no matter how hard and risky, used to go on amid dreams of better days. But the pandemic has changed everything. Before, men and women worked at nearby factories, paid Tk 3,000 rent a month for each room and put food on the plate for children. Things are different now. Not only had they been out of work for last three months, they also did not receive any relief from the government or private organisations. For them, every day has become a struggle to survive. With the shutdown being eased, as soon as the dawn breaks, men now head out in search for work, women desperately look for food and cook whatever they can manage, while children stare blankly at a life that has become joyless and desolate.
Photo: Rashed Shumon
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