With the pavements on Asad Avenue under renovation for a week, schoolchildren, their parents, and teachers are forced to share road space with cars and other vehicles. Workers there could not say for certain when the work would be done. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
Even in the rain, crowds throng a TCB truck in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar to buy essentials at affordable prices. Some people clung to the vehicle in desperation to secure the goods. Only three items -- edible oil, sugar and lentils -- were on sale, but even this small relief can help ease the strain of soaring prices on low-income families. Photo: Rashed Shumon
