07 July, 2021

People buying sugar, lentil and oil from a TCB truck on a road next to the Secretariat in Dhaka on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021, as their earnings have drastically fallen amid the stringent lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People buying sugar, lentil and oil from a TCB truck on a road next to the Secretariat in Dhaka on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021, as their earnings have drastically fallen amid the stringent lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People wait in queues in front of a TCB truck on a road next to the Secretariat in Dhaka to buy staples at a fair price amid the stringent lockdown designed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People wait in queues in front of a TCB truck on a road next to the Secretariat in Dhaka to buy staples at a fair price amid the stringent lockdown designed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

People wait in queues in front of a TCB truck on a road next to the Secretariat in Dhaka to buy staples at a fair price amid the stringent lockdown designed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Two people, who were arrested with hallucinogen Psilocybin mushroom, known as magic mushroom, and liquor in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area, were brought before the media at the RAB Media Centre in Kawran Bazar on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Shanu Begum, a patient with the symptoms of COVID-19, was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s coronavirus unit on Wednesday, Jul 7, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Abdul Kaiyum worked at a sweater factory. Now he sells potatoes, onions and other staples on a rickshaw-van rented for Tk 50 after the factory shut down due to the pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Abdul Kaiyum worked at a sweater factory. Now he sells potatoes, onions and other staples on a rickshaw-van rented for Tk 50 after the factory shut down due to the pandemic. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove