People Suffer While Blockaders Maraud

People of the low-income group swarm a truck selling government rice at low prices in the capital's Manda yesterday due to a jump in prices of the staple food amidst a blockade being enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance since January 6. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh

Meanwhile violence by the blockade supporters has not stopped with this truck being set alight before Lauwai Primary School in Station Road area, Sylhet around 4:45pm. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw was torched in a similar manner before the BNP office in Chandpur. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh

One of the 20 vehicles targeted in an arson attack in Tongi's Cheragali. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh

The remains of a trailer truck similarly attacked on a highway in Comilla's Halimanagar. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh

Farmers on Sunday heartbreakingly witness cauliflowers rot right in the fields amidst a dearth of transports. Photo: Star, Banglar Chokh