Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Every day, Shakil Khan weaves his bike through the relentless traffic of Dhaka, delivering items and ferrying passengers across the city. However, these days he’s waiting hours in long queues at gas pumps to fill his bike within a government cap on fuel purchases.
Khan is one of tens of millions of people in Bangladesh suffering oil and gas shortages as the joint US-Israeli military offensive against Iran hits fuel supplies worldwide.
“Because of the oil shortage, my daily income is reduced,” said Khan, as a queue of motorcyclists stretched out behind him, snaking around the block in the Bangladeshi capital.
Thousands of…