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Food prices stubbornly high despite govt measures

When prices of widely consumed staples like potatoes, edible oil, sugar or onions spike and remain inflated for extended periods, it understandably hits the poor and low-income people where it hurts the most: in their wallet.

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Remittance rises 21% in October

Migrant Bangladeshis sent home $2.39 billion in October

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Potato price shoots up

The price of potatoes has begun an upward climb in the market

1y ago

92 thousand crores or more siphoned out in 15 years?

Based on the compilation of media reports on bank scams between 2008 and 2023, CPD said as much as 92 thousand crores of taka have been siphoned out of the banking sector in the last fifteen years

1y ago

Is Bangladesh going towards a deep economic crisis?

How can Bangladesh avoid the economic crisis to deepen further?

1y ago

Who will benefit from WTO's duty benefit extension?

What are WTO’s duty-free benefits?

1y ago

How can Bangladesh resolve economic, political problems?

Why is Bangladesh facing economic problems? Why did the country fail to follow the IMF's loan conditions? What are the remedies?

1y ago

Where can the national debit card 'Taka Pay’ be found?

What can be done with the national debit card? Where can the ‘Taka Pay’ card be found? Will the card end the business of Mastercard and Visa in Bangladesh?

1y ago

A middle-class family’s struggle to stay afloat amid soaring prices

As the cost of living continues to rise, it has becoming increasingly challenging for the middle class to maintain financial stability.

1y ago

The tale of 52 national budgets

Bangladesh has so far had 52 national budgets, stretching back to the first one in the 1972-73 fiscal year. Watch this video for a recap of the changes the annual national budget underwent over the years.

1y ago

How did hundred crore taka budget go past lakh crore?

What is the national budget? What is the history of the budget? Since when did the government start using the budget as a tool to manage the income and expenditure of a country and provide funds for development expenditures? And how did Bangladesh's budget increase to this existing volume?

1y ago

How is national budget made?

The Bangladesh government presents the national budget every June. The national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 will be announced soon.

1y ago

Budget FY24: No hike in social safety net allowances

How will the government tackle the dollar crisis, the social safety net, and inflation in the upcoming budget? Planning Minister MA Mannan shares his insights with The Daily Star.

1y ago

Why are bad loans of public banks rising?

What is the reason for this state of government banks? Does the loan rescheduling opportunity given during the 2020 coronavirus have any role to play here?

1y ago

What are people saying about price hike of daily commodities?

The monthly food cost of a family of four in Dhaka has increased by 51 percent in the last four years, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

1y ago

How are the poor coping up with high commodity prices?

Inflation in Bangladesh remained high for the last one year. The consumer price index started increasing in 2022’s February and it reached a 10-year high of 9.52 per cent in the same year’s August. After August, both food and non-food inflation started decreasing, but in 2023’s February they rose again when the consumer price index increased to 8.78 per cent.

1y ago

Green Tex: Eco-friendly garment factory in Mymensingh's Bhaluka

A unit of Green Textile Limited of Bangladesh topped the list of eco-friendly factories in February this year.

1y ago

Why did Moody’s downgrade rating of Bangladesh’s banking sector?

How will banking sector's rating downgrade by Moody's affect Bangladesh economy?

1y ago