Although the prices of some daily commodities have decreased, middle- and low-income families are still struggling to make ends meet due to the recent hike in prices of essential grocery items such as eggs, chicken, onions, and potatoes.
Despite an upward trend in the overall catch, year-on-year growth rate of hilsa production has been declining in recent years. The reasons include illegal netting of brood and jatka hilsa, widespread use of banned gillnet and the impact of climate change such as erratic rainfalls.
The drop in the price of rice and flour could not bring relief among low income people as the vegetable price is soaring.
With the consumers already feeling the pinch of the soaring prices of essentials, most of the spices are becoming pricier ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
The government is set to distribute 10 kilograms of rice to each of the 1.25 crore ultra-poor and destitute families ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to soften the blow of a spiralling inflation.
The government is set to form the National Pension Authority (NPA) to execute the Universal Pension Scheme formulated to provide pension services for the common people.
Although tax returns are a key document for investigating illegal wealth, the Income Tax Bill 2023 proposes making it impossible for Anti-Corruption Commission officials to access a suspect’s tax files without a court order.
The government’s high-ups have talked about their “firm stances” against graft to protect the country’s GDP on multiple occasions. However, there is little reflection of that stance in the latest budget disclosure as to how the government will curb corruption and money laundering.
While people of middle- and low-income groups are still struggling to get over the loss of income caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, soaring price of daily essentials is compounding their problems.
The immovable property of former member of parliament from Pirojpur AKMA Awal Saydur Rahman has swelled up to about forty times in the last decade, according to an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
In a bid to make a quick buck cashing in on the pandemic, several health officials purchased more than 20,000 fake N95 masks and supplied those to 10 hospitals for staffers treating Covid-19 patients.
Directors general came and went, but the power and influence that the health directorate driver gained stayed.
The amount of money embezzled by Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and his associates from four non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) might leave you baffled.
It’s another glaring example of collusion between bank officials and a businessman who took Tk 22.5 crore loan from the state-run Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) through a fake contract.
At a time when many are struggling to make ends meet due to coronavirus-induced economic meltdown, a recent rise in the prices of several daily essentials, including onion, has added insult to their injuries.
One or more leaky gas pipes left unfixed for over a month have caused Friday night’s tragedy in a Narayanganj mosque, grieving residents said.
He created some businesses that exist only on papers, took loans from one non-banking financial institution and used the money to buy shares of another to gain control of the latter.
The price hike of daily essentials is coming down heavily on limited-income people, who are already struggling to survive the economic meltdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
