The prices of onions have come down in the country’s markets despite India’s indefinite ban on the export of the vegetable.
Twenty years ago, Hasina Begum purchased three shanties in the Karail slum, investing all of her family’s savings.
Fruit sellers on Kemal Ataturk Road in Banani have been found selling guavas at Tk 200 per kg, whereas the usual price for guavas in Dhaka city is Tk 80 per kg
Though the government capped the prices of 29 food items a week ago, traders are still selling 26 of those at higher rates than fixed.
A couple, who were injured in the Gazipur gas cylinder fire on Wednesday, died today while receiving treatment at the Shiekh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
The price cap on 29 commodities exists on paper only as most of those items are being sold at prices higher than those fixed by the government.
The move aimed at reining in price spiral during Ramadan; experts doubt its effectiveness
When the devastating fire broke out from a gas cylinder in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir on Wednesday evening, Shah Alam, a salesman of an ice cream company, rushed to douse the fire with nearby locals.
The prices of onions have come down in the country’s markets despite India’s indefinite ban on the export of the vegetable.
Twenty years ago, Hasina Begum purchased three shanties in the Karail slum, investing all of her family’s savings.
Fruit sellers on Kemal Ataturk Road in Banani have been found selling guavas at Tk 200 per kg, whereas the usual price for guavas in Dhaka city is Tk 80 per kg
Though the government capped the prices of 29 food items a week ago, traders are still selling 26 of those at higher rates than fixed.
A couple, who were injured in the Gazipur gas cylinder fire on Wednesday, died today while receiving treatment at the Shiekh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery
The price cap on 29 commodities exists on paper only as most of those items are being sold at prices higher than those fixed by the government.
The move aimed at reining in price spiral during Ramadan; experts doubt its effectiveness
When the devastating fire broke out from a gas cylinder in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir on Wednesday evening, Shah Alam, a salesman of an ice cream company, rushed to douse the fire with nearby locals.
Idris Miah, a roadside makeshift iftar seller, went to Karwan Bazar Kitchen Market to buy kheshari dal (grass peas), an essential ingredient for piyaju, a popular item for iftar.
Despite the government’s repeated assurances of stability in kitchen markets during Ramadan, the prices of some commodities, mainly consumed during iftar, have seen a substantial surge, hurting people from limited income groups.