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Rush for TCB subsidised goods

People crowd a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024.

People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The TCB truck has run out of stock, but customers keep reaching for it in the desperate hope of buying necessities at a subsidised price. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The TCB truck has run out of stock, but customers keep reaching for it in the desperate hope of buying necessities at a subsidised price. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Those queuing to buy from the TCB trucks have serial numbers written on their hands. Though all the customers have serial numbers, many are eventually turned away when the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Those queuing to buy from the TCB trucks have serial numbers written on their hands. Though all the customers have serial numbers, many are eventually turned away when the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A TCB truck sells 2 litres of soybean oil and 2 litres of lentils for Tk 320. The price is nearly Tk 250 below the market price, causing a rush of customers. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A TCB truck sells 2 litres of soybean oil and 2 litres of lentils for Tk 320. The price is nearly Tk 250 below the market price, causing a rush of customers. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Each TCB truck can sell subsidised necessities to 400 people. People desperately crowd around one such truck in Karwan Bazar until its stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Each TCB truck can sell subsidised necessities to 400 people. People desperately crowd around one such truck in Karwan Bazar until its stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A TCB truck sells 2 litres of soybean oil and 2 litres of lentils for Tk 320. The price is nearly Tk 250 below the market price, causing a rush of customers. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A TCB truck sells 2 litres of soybean oil and 2 litres of lentils for Tk 320. The price is nearly Tk 250 below the market price, causing a rush of customers. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Those queuing to buy from the TCB trucks have serial numbers written on their hands. Though all the customers have serial numbers, many are eventually turned away when the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Those queuing to buy from the TCB trucks have serial numbers written on their hands. Though all the customers have serial numbers, many are eventually turned away when the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
In some locations, people crowd around TCB trucks with no choice but to wait. Eventually, some are turned away after hours of waiting with nothing to show for it. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
In some locations, people crowd around TCB trucks with no choice but to wait. Eventually, some are turned away after hours of waiting with nothing to show for it. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
People desperately reach towards a TCB truck selling subsidised goods, hoping to get necessities for cheap before the stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Each TCB truck can sell subsidised necessities to 400 people. People desperately crowd around one such truck in Karwan Bazar until its stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Each TCB truck can sell subsidised necessities to 400 people. People desperately crowd around one such truck in Karwan Bazar until its stock runs out. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers crowd a TCB truck selling cooking oil and sugar at subsidised prices in front of Karwan Bazar’s FDC on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The TCB truck has run out of stock, but customers keep reaching for it in the desperate hope of buying necessities at a subsidised price. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
The TCB truck has run out of stock, but customers keep reaching for it in the desperate hope of buying necessities at a subsidised price. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers at TCB trucks carry off their purchases. Though each person is limited to one package, some people are seen carrying away multiple packages in front of the FDC at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
Customers at TCB trucks carry off their purchases. Though each person is limited to one package, some people are seen carrying away multiple packages in front of the FDC at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A group of women walk back home to Hatirjheel after purchasing subsidised goods from a TCB truck in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin
A group of women walk back home to Hatirjheel after purchasing subsidised goods from a TCB truck in Dhaka’s Tejgaon on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024. Photo: Abdullah al Momin

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Published : 18 Dec 2024, 12:31 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 05:43 PM

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