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June 26, 2025

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Crowds rush OMS trucks to buy rice

Low-income people are reeling from the surging prices of daily commodities. To cut some costs, people can be seen waiting in queues in front of the food department’s Open Market Sale (OMS) trucks for hours to buy goods in many parts of Dhaka.

People from low-income groups wait in queues in front of the food department’s OMS trucks for hours to buy goods in the hope of cutting some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People from low-income groups wait in queues in front of the food department’s OMS trucks for hours to buy goods in the hope of cutting some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People from low-income groups wait in queues in front of the food department’s OMS trucks for hours to buy goods in the hope of cutting some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People from low-income groups wait in queues in front of the food department’s OMS trucks for hours to buy goods in the hope of cutting some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A food department truck sells 3,500 kg of rice and 500 kg of atta (whole wheat flour) every day. Many people have to return home empty-handed as the stock runs out fast. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A food department truck sells 3,500 kg of rice and 500 kg of atta (whole wheat flour) every day. Many people have to return home empty-handed as the stock runs out fast. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A sales representative weighs rice at a food department OMS truck. Rice is sold at Tk 30 per kg while atta is sold at Tk 18 per kg. A packet of 2 kg atta is sold at Tk 43. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A sales representative weighs rice at a food department OMS truck. Rice is sold at Tk 30 per kg while atta is sold at Tk 18 per kg. A packet of 2 kg atta is sold at Tk 43. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman buys rice from an OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A person can buy a maximum of 5 kg of rice, 3 kg (or two packs) of atta at once from a food department truck. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A person can buy a maximum of 5 kg of rice, 3 kg (or two packs) of atta at once from a food department truck. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The authorities register names along with thumbprints and signatures of the people while selling rice to at the food department’s OMS trucks. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The authorities register names along with thumbprints and signatures of the people while selling rice to at the food department’s OMS trucks. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A man buys rice from a food department OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A man buys rice from a food department OMS truck to cut some costs amid the surging prices of daily commodities. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A man uses a traditional cotton towel, known as a gamcha, to collect rice from a food department OMS truck in Dhaka’s Palashi. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A man uses a traditional cotton towel, known as a gamcha, to collect rice from a food department OMS truck in Dhaka’s Palashi. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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