Bangladesh in red zone for past one year聽聽聽
The persistent high food price has kept the country in the red zone for the past one year until May 2024 in the food security update of the World Bank.
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Low-income people hit hard by curfew, fresh price increase
A DEARTH of work and an absence of support from authorities, coupled with a fresh increase in goods prices, amidst the ongoing curfew has made lives of low-income people, especially day labourers, unbearable. The government imposed curfew at midnight past July 19 after at least 112 people were killed in July 16鈥�19 in the student movement over...
Prices of vegetables, eggs remain high
The prices of vegetables and eggs remained high on Monday on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka...
Jasod demands steps against corruption, syndicates
Leaders of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod, a partner of the ruling Awami League-led alliance on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the government to take immediate steps against mass corruption and syndicates responsible for price hikes of the essential commodities...
IUB, PwC sign contract for digital transformation
Independent University, Bangladesh partnered with renowned consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Bangladesh to implement a comprehensive university management system...
Govt working to create buffer stock to keep prices of essentials stable
State minister for commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Saturday said that the government was working to create a buffer stock covering 20 per cent of the demand for essential commodities with the aim of ensuring price stability...
Onion prices up by Tk 30 per kg in a week
The prices of local varieties of onion reached between Tk 110 and Tk 120 per kg in the kitchen markets of Dhaka on Saturday from Tk 90 to Tk 97 per kg a week ago, augmenting consumers鈥� woes....
Prices of onions on the rise
Onion prices have become volatile again on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka with the prices of the essential commodity rising further...
Price hike forces consumers in Bangladesh to spend double for essentials: MEI
Global research and advisory group Mastercard Economics Institute found that Bangladeshi consumers were forced to spend double for essential commodities than they did in the pre-pandemic period due to price hikes, resulting in reduced discretionary spending....
Govt raises ration prices
The government has increased the price of per kilogram rice and wheat rationing to 10 authorised entities by around Tk 9, but the new prices still remain below the price of rice distributed to destitute people...
Industrial credit release rises over dollar price hike
Industrial loan disbursements increased slightly by 10 per cent in the first half of the 2023-24 financial year compared with those in the same period of FY聽2022-23, driven mainly by high dollar rates...
Prices of rice, spices go up before Eid
The prices of rice, eggs and spices, including onions, went up on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for the Muslims, to be celebrated on Monday...
WP to hold nationwide protests against govt failures
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner in the Awami League-led alliance, will hold nationwide demonstrations on June 25, protesting against government鈥檚 failures, including price hikes of essential commodities, mass corruption, money laundering, and mismanagement in the banking sector...
Prices of spices soar
The prices of various spices saw a sharp rise in the past couple of weeks in the capital Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims...
A greenhouse gas shipping levy is on the horizon
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...
Prices of potatoes, onions increase further as Eid nears
The prices of potatoes, onions and garlic increased further on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals for the Muslims, likely to be celebrated in the third week of June...
Eggs price manipulation continues in oversight absence
A sudden increase in prices of eggs by Tk 25鈥�30 a dozen is abnormal and hints at market manipulation. The Poultry Association also alleges that the price increase is unusual and artificial...
Prices of onions, eggs keep rising
The prices of eggs and onion continued to rise while that of other essential commodities, including vegetables, remained excessively high on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...
UK inflation slows to near 3-year low
Britain鈥檚 annual inflation rate slowed to a near three-year low in April as energy prices cooled further, official data showed Wednesday, boosting the governing Conservatives before this year鈥檚 general election...
PM orders bolstering market monitoring
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the commerce ministry for increasing market monitoring to check the price hike of essentials...
Price of green chillies soars
The price of green chillies witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka in the past two weeks and the item sold for up to Tk聽220 a kilogram on Sunday...
Prices of most daily essentials on the rise
The prices of almost all essential commodities witnessed a sharp rise on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday...
CPB blames lack of good governance for economic failure
Politicians, academics and professionals on Wednesday at a discussion said that lack of good governance was responsible for the economic failure of the country and the increase of dollar price and abnormal increase of prices of essential commodities were secondary causes...
Movement against price hike after temp drops: Manna
Nagarik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday threatened a large-scale movement against hikes in prices of essential commodities after day temperatures dropped...
Record gold prices take shine off London jewellers
Surrounded by glass-fronted display cabinets filled with shimmering gold bracelets and necklaces at London鈥檚 Pakeeza Jewellers store, manager Zahid Khan laments the impact of record-high prices of the precious metal...
Govt must set power policy right to reduce subsidy
THE government mulling over an increase in power price four times a year for the next three years to reduce subsidy is unacceptable and an injustice to consumers. Power Division officials are reported to have proposed the increase to a visiting International Monetary Fund mission that has...
LPG gets cheaper by Tk 49 per 12-kg cylinder
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday lowered the price of liquefied petroleum gas by Tk 4.1 per kg, setting the new rate at Tk 116.08 per kg, down from previous Tk 120.18.....
Fuel oil prices go up again
The government has increased retail prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane for the month of May. The retail gas price for power plants was also hiked.
HC issues rule to curb medicine price hike
A High Court division bench on Monday ordered to take necessary measures against the ongoing price hike of all types of medicines in the country....