A Bangladeshi administrator calms an irritated crowd as he checks names for the collection of an alloted 5 kgs of rice in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Spiralling food prices in impoverished Bangladesh have left more and more people going hungry and authorities have to further increase aid, a minister warned. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
Bangladeshi people wait in a queue as the allotted 5 kgs of rice is weighed in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Spiralling food prices in impoverished Bangladesh have left more and more people going hungry and authorities have to further increase aid, a minister warned. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
A Bangladeshi girl rests in a queue whilst waiting for an allotted 5 kgs of rice in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice
A potato and onion vendor weighs her produce at Karwan Bazaar in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. General Moeen Ahmed, the military chief of emergency-ruled Bangladesh, advised Bangladeshi's to eat more potatoes in order to reduce the spiralling demand for rice which has seen prices double in a year. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
A vendoe weighs potatoes at Karwan Bazaar in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. General Moeen Ahmed, the military chief of emergency-ruled Bangladesh, advised Bangladeshi's to eat more potatoes in order to reduce the spiralling demand for rice which has seen prices double in a year. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
A Bangladeshi man rests in the food queue for an alloted 5 kgs of rice in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Spiralling food prices in impoverished Bangladesh have left more and more people going hungry and authorities have to further increase aid, a minister warned. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
A Bangladeshi boy is scolded for attempting to jump the food queue for cooking oil and rice in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Spiralling food prices in impoverished Bangladesh have left more and more people going hungry and authorities have to further increase aid, a minister warned. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
A Bangladeshi administrator calms an irritated crowd as he checks names for the collection of an alloted 5 kgs of rice in Dhaka on April 8, 2008. Spiralling food prices in impoverished Bangladesh have left more and more people going hungry and authorities have to further increase aid, a minister warned. Although the interim government said it would import 400,000 tonnes of rice from India by the end of May to sell below cost on the open market in a bid to ease the price inflation, poorer households, who spend at least 70% of their income on food, are forced to queue for hours on end for a maximum of 5 kgs of rice.
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