2022 can be termed as a year of attacks on the majority of people in Bangladesh, in which the prices of oil, gas and electricity increased. The increase of the price of oil led to an increase in the price of various commodities. Yet, since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the government has been citing it as the reason behind every price hike. How rational is this explanation? How did general people really fare in the year 2022?

Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University, speaks to The Daily Star Opinion about the overall scenario.