Livelihood crisis

As the fisherfolk battle the sea’s unpredictability, they find themselves entangled in a different kind of unpredictable struggle on land. Photo: Mehedi Hasan Marof

Panorama

Endless cycle of poverty and struggle along the shore

The sunny shores of Bangladesh, lined with picturesque fishing boats and bustling communities, hide a grim reality faced by generations of coastal fishermen

Raju, a bus helper, determined to keep the wheels of daily life turning amid nationwide political unrest. Photo: Mehedi Hasan Marof

Features

'My stomach doesn't understand blockade': Transport workers who defy fear, death

Rickshaws stay stuck at the Science Laboratory area as the number of rented rickshaws grow in the capital. Riddled with hardship after having suffered pandemic-induced job losses, many people are coming to the city and finding no other option rather than pulling rickshaws. The photo was taken on Friday. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Economy

Income lost to Covid, many take to pulling rickshaws in Dhaka

Family members taking care of a Covid-19 patient at Khulna Medical College Hospital. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Panorama

How tentacles of the pandemic quashed livelihoods in the southwestern districts

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Livelihood crisis

Endless cycle of poverty and struggle along the shore

'My stomach doesn't understand blockade': Transport workers who defy fear, death

Income lost to Covid, many take to pulling rickshaws in Dhaka

How tentacles of the pandemic quashed livelihoods in the southwestern districts

TBS Current Affairs: Lockdown and livelihood crisis of the underpriviledged