Oil tankers parked in front of Meghna depot in Khulna city’s Khalishpur yesterday morning as tanker and filling station owners’ associations call a strike, demanding higher commission on fuel and lorry fare. Supply of fuel to 14 districts were suspended for nine hours. Photo: Habibur rahman

Farmers tending to their vegetables saplings on a floating seedbed in Maluhar village of Barishal’s Banaripara. They grow almost all varieties of vegetables saplings on the seedbeds made of mainly hyacinth. This method proves profitable for the farmers. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Habibur Rahman

A comparatively empty Mirpur Road in the capital’s Kalyanpur around 10:00am yesterday as many buses stayed off the streets following the rise in fuel prices and bus fare.

Photo: Anisur Rahman