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Masum Hossain

  • Bogura district correspondent

Low-income people in Bogura in anxiety: ‘Will I buy rice, or put money in the meter?’
Low-income people in Bogura in anxiety: ‘Will I buy rice, or put money in the meter?’
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Low-income people in Bogura in anxiety: ‘Will I buy rice, or put money in the meter?’

Saju Hossain, a resident of Fultala area of Bogura metropolis, said, “There has been no work for several days. Sometimes there is rice at home, sometimes not. There is no money in hand either. The price of rice is rising, the price of gas is rising. The electricity bill comes to a lot of money. The household does not run with what I earn in a month. On some days the income is such that, will I buy rice or put money in the meter? I am running the household somehow by taking loans.”

Bogura face verification racket: Passport photos, biometric data collected illegally
Bogura face verification racket: Passport photos, biometric data collected illegally
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Bogura face verification racket: Passport photos, biometric data collected illegally

Hossain Ali was supposed to receive Tk 5,000 to Tk 7,000. He also needed the money. His wife, Amena Begum, is suffering from a brain tumour. They were supposed to go to India for treatment. Both husband and wife had obtained passports. But due to a lack of money, the trip ultimately did not happen.

'We cannot even afford to buy pangas fish now'
'We cannot even afford to buy pangas fish now'
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'We cannot even afford to buy pangas fish now'

Forty-six-year-old farmer Makbul Hossain was sitting beside his farmland. He is a farmer by profession. But this time, there is a mark of worry on that very farmland. He cannot cultivate maize due to a fertiliser crisis. So he has still left the land empty.

Schoolchildren's photos taken for face verification: Rises concern about data smuggle?
Schoolchildren's photos taken for face verification: Rises concern about data smuggle?
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Schoolchildren's photos taken for face verification: Rises concern about data smuggle?

A secluded area. Bamboo groves and trees all around, with hardly any people in sight. The Karatoya River lies about half a kilometre to the east. A village is roughly half a kilometre to the south, while another is about a kilometre to the north. In between is a quiet path leading toward agricultural fields.

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