"SLC27-W5 | A One-Day Street Journalist: The Struggle Of Street Hawkers."
Assalamu Alaikum.
Hello everyone,
I am @sojib1996
From #Bangladesh
Today, in the 3rd week of Steemit Challenge 27, I will be participating in @max-pro Sir "SLC27-W5 | A One-Day Street Journalist: The Struggle Of Street Hawkers." - competition, I hope everyone enjoys it.
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Today I will participate in a beautiful competition, through this competition I will get to know about some small businesses on the sidewalks of my country, and I will collect information from them on the spot. I am a journalist, @Sojib1996 stay by my side, and I will present the details of it.
What places did you visit and what types of hawker businesses did you review? |
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Today I have gone as a journalist for a day to the well-known hospital in our country, "Mitford Hospital". It is located in a residential area of the capital of our country, Dhaka. There are small shops on the road in front of this hospital. Since there are shops of all kinds of small traders there, everyone comes here to shop. There are small shops here, such as IT official flower shops for decorating the house, toy shops for small children, small van clothes shops and shops for household necessities.
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![]() | Cloths Shop |
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![]() | Sports Shop |
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Among them, today I have come to know about the shops of household necessities. Here we have many necessary goods that we use for some or the other work every day, we always need small mechanical goods.
Have you ever bought anything from these stores? Show pictures + videos and show their prices. |
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Household essentials are always needed. Without these items, it becomes difficult for us to live. Here are scissors, locks, testers, etc.
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*We use these every day for some purpose. However, this area is bustling, so since there are many shops here, people in this area do not need to go to the market to buy such items.
Today I will show this price list in our country's currency and in Steam so that everyone can understand the price.
| Item | Our currency balance Takas | Steem |
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| Tester | 70 | 6.35 |
| Knife | 250 | 22.70 |
| Locks | 250 | 22.70 |
| Chain | 500 | 45.5 |
| Screwdriver | 150 | 13 |
I am sharing the price list and video of some of the items in this shop.
My YouTube Video Link
How do they face sidewalk occupation, eviction or police harassment? |
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Since the shops are located on the side of the road and also the shops are located in illegal places, it becomes very harmful for the public, especially the roads and causes a lot of traffic jams, so the police often harass them to evict illegal places due to excessive traffic jams.
Since it is located on the road, small businesses always have to live in fear. Besides, there are many shops there, so it gets crowded, and then you face the police, but the police are always preventing them because the sidewalks create traffic jams on the road.
Since this place is in front of a hospital, it is more crowded than usual because there are many small business shops here, as well as the police clearing the traffic jam before it gets worse, because there are many small businesses here to bring patients to the hospital. But many times the police charge sticks to clear this sidewalk, and they leave with whatever goods they can.
What are their biggest challenges and hopes for continuing this business? |
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Everyone is making a living for themselves and their families in some way or the other, so these small businessmen are fulfilling their small hobbies with a small capital on the sidewalk. The beginning of their life story is very emotional to meet the needs of their family and to maintain their small needs for survival.
Through this business, they can fulfill their dreams. Their biggest challenge is to survive by fighting for life. Their hardships are endless, and they work hard from sunrise to sunset. They earn a little money by selling such products, and that is their livelihood.
As a one-day journalist, I keep listening to his story of his life's struggle. However, he enjoys a lot of happiness by taking the profit money at the end of the day and giving some food to his family. He does not have much hope for the future, but he hopes that he will get through the day healthy and strong, no matter how the day goes.
🚩 Location on Steem Atlas map :[//]:# (!steematlas 23.714453 lat 90.397772 long Shopping Sidewalk, Mitford Hospital, Dhaka d3scr)
| Information | Sidewalk |
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| Google Map | Link |
| Open Time | 8 am to 6 pm |
| Visit date | October 10, 2025 |
| Off Day | No |
I have set a 20% beneficiary to @steem-atlas for supporting this project.
I would like to invite my friends @palash @mahadisalim and @shahid76 to take part in the contest.
| Device | OnePlus Nord N30 SE 5G |
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| Photographer | @sojib1996 |








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