Hamidul used to live with his wife and three-year-old child
in a small rented room costing Tk 5,000 in a narrow alley in Gazmahal,
Hazaribagh, in the capital. He earned Tk 18,000 at the end of each month as an
employee of Coda Film Company. Although he could not dream of a lavish life
with his limited income, the family of three at least had the assurance of two
meals a day of rice and lentils.
But everything came to a halt one morning. Without any
notice, a single verbal statement took a...
