Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- In the bustling streets of Dhaka, countless lives teeter on the edge of survival, where each day's earnings decide whether families eat or go hungry.

Thirty-two-year-old Rina Begum sets up her modest stall near a busy bus stop, balancing two large pots on a makeshift wooden table as she sells puffed rice and fried snacks to rickshaw-pullers, day-labourers, and office-goers.

On good days, she earns around Tk 500-600, but when rain falls or authorities force vendors off the streets, her earnings are halved.

"The prices of oil, rice, and vegetables have doubled in the last two years, but my earnings remain the same. Sometimes I skip meals so that my children can eat," she said, wiping sweat from her forehead as she frie...