Buyers push and shove for subsidised essential commodities as soon as the TCB truck carrying supplies enough for only 200 people arrives in the capital’s Dhanmondi area around noon yesterday. Every day, people from low-income groups, who are unable to keep up with the soaring market prices of essentials, wait for hours for TCB trucks at various locations around the capital. Photo: Prabir Das

The topsoil of a farmland is being taken away in the Haripur area of Sylhet’s Jaintiapur upazila. This will make the soil unable to retain water, and the land will lose its fertility. Despite a ban, topsoil is sold to brick kilns and real-estate projects due to lax monitoring. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Sheikh Nasir