Shaheen Mollah

Around 4:45pm on Eid day, Mohammad Rubel and his wife were anxiously waiting in the emergency queue with their daughter, Fatema, aged two years and eight months.

Dhaka’s low-income residents face an Eid defined by hardship, as soaring inflation erodes their ability to celebrate

As families reunite across the country, many officers spend the festival directing traffic, managing crowds, and missing home

From cancelled flights to bomb threats, migrant workers struggle with uncertainty

Price hikes compound pressure on low-income households amid rising inflation

While rows of colourful clothes in makeshift stalls along the busy footpath beside the BMTC building remain untouched despite Eid approaching, vendors in the capital’s Karwan Bazar are grappling with low profits and the continued burden of extortion payments.

With Eid-ul-Fitr just around the corner, Dhaka’s streets, footpaths, and markets have turned into bustling hubs as thousands of residents rush for last-minute shopping.

With Eid-ul-Fitr around the corner, the prices of chicken, beef and several spices commonly used during the festival have gone up.

Rakib Hasan, a member of the Bangladesh Air Force, spoke to his father Zakir Hossain over the phone on Monday morning.

Hasen Banu is over 80. In the Korail slum, where her three sons and a daughter also live, she now spends a month at each child’s home.

Narvin Begum, a day labourer supporting a four-member family, uses LPG for quick morning cooking and firewood for other meals.

With one day left before his visa expired, Mohammad Julhas, 28, could not afford another cancellation.

Mohammad Obaidullah thought he was finally heading back to work in Dammam after two failed attempts. The 38-year-old, from Cumilla’s Muradnagar, had boarded a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on February 28.

Flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Doha remained suspended, with airport officials reporting around 90 cancellations from Dhaka and Chattogram since Saturday.

Flights from Bangladesh to several Middle Eastern destinations have remained suspended since yesterday afternoon as some countries in the region temporarily closed their airspace due to US and Israel’s strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation.

Passengers told to leave contacts and await updates from airlines

Prices of several essential items have fallen in the second week of Ramadan, bringing some relief to consumers in Dhaka. However, traders say the sharp decline is hurting producers at the farm level.

At 2:12pm, a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck was parked by the roadside under Kazipara Metro Station in Dhaka.

In the alleyways of Tejkunipara in the capital’s Tejgaon, the laughter of five-year-old Roza Moni has been replaced by a haunting silence.

The prices of key Ramadan items edged up yesterday, the first day of the fasting month, with those of lemon and cucumber spiralling to a level that many consumers termed irrational.