Low-income people wait for relief at Kawran Bazar under Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Social distancing, home quarantine and shutdowns have been instructed by the government to halt the spread of coronavirus. Those who got out faced questions from authorities. Police stopped almost all sorts of vehicles and questioned the passengers at Chankharpool intersection on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Personal protective equipment (PPE) have become essential to shield medics against the coronavirus infection. Several garment factories are engaged in PPE production in Dhaka and Chittagong. Dhaka’s New Generation Garments is producing PPEs for health department and the army in Jurain. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Personal protective equipment (PPE) have become essential to shield medics against the coronavirus infection. Several garment factories are engaged in PPE production in Dhaka and Chittagong. Dhaka’s New Generation Garments is producing PPEs for health department and the army in Jurain. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

New Generation Garments is making PPEs in 50gsm, 60gsm and 90gsm considering the thickness. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Slum residents sit on near Hatirjheel road in the hope that someone will show up with some food. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Slum residents sit on near Hatirjheel road in the hope that someone will show up with some food. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Social distancing, home quarantine and shutdowns have been instructed by the government to halt the spread of coronavirus. Those who got out faced questions from authorities. Police stopped almost all sorts of vehicles and questioned the passengers at Chankharpool intersection on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Social distancing, home quarantine and shutdowns have been instructed by the government to halt the spread of coronavirus. Those who got out faced questions from authorities. Police stopped almost all sorts of vehicles and questioned the passengers at Chankharpool intersection on Wednesday. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Private transport and rickshaws operate on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway amid the general holiday and public transport shutdown to halt the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Youths risking their lives to hop on a moving truck after failing to get a ride despite waiting for hours. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Lima Akter arrived at Narayanganj’s Gausia to get a doctor see her child. She waited for hours to catch a ride back to her home from Matuail, but to no avail. Many others suffered like her. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Private transport and rickshaws operate on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway amid the general holiday and public transport shutdown to halt the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Private transport and rickshaws operate on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway amid the general holiday and public transport shutdown to halt the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man hands over the keys to a ride-sharing motorcycle to a police officer under the Jatrabari flyover in Dhaka. The service has helped many city-dwellers reached their destinations in cases of emergency as the city remains under a virtual lockdown amid a coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man hands over the keys to a ride-sharing motorcycle to a police officer under the Jatrabari flyover in Dhaka. The service has helped many city-dwellers reached their destinations in cases of emergency as the city remains under a virtual lockdown amid a coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

With the river transport service suspended across Bangladesh, passenger launches are anchored on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The Buriganga takes a stilled, void look with no sign of life even on the Babubazar bridge. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Boats moored on the bank of the Buriganga look like flowers in a bird eye view but the boatmen have no peace of mind with earning drying up due to a lack of passengers. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

An empty U-loop in Badda. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The picture is no diffent in Rampura U-loop. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Vehicles can barely be spotted on the Mouchak strech of Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Motijheel, the commercial hub of Dhaka, is empty with all offices shut. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

Hatirjheel, one of Dhaka's favourite hangout hotspots, has no crowd. The waterbuses are not in operation as well. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman

The Sayedabad-Jatrabari stretch of Mayor Hanif Flyover is eerily empty. Photo: Mostafigur Rahman