Brahmaputra river char: Where people can't afford to celebrate Eid in pandemic
Brahmaputra river char: Where people can't afford to celebrate Eid in pandemic Photo: S Dilip Roy Aheda Bewa is a resident of Jatrapur char in the Brahmaputra river, under Kurigram Sadar upazila. She stays with her son Atoar Ali's and his family. She occasionally works as a day labourer. For her, Eid-ul-Fitr morning -- which sees celebrations and festivities around the world and in Bangladesh -- was not joyous. She was depressed as she could not manage to buy new clothes for them. Neither could her son Atoar (45). He works at a tea stall, and yet could not buy sugar and shemai (vermicelli) fo...
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