cost of living crisis

#Perspective / Cabbage now costs Tk 70?! Will your next salad require a bank loan?

Rising food prices in Bangladesh are hitting consumers hard, especially lower-income groups. Vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, and pumpkins have surged, alongside chicken, eggs, and fish. Budget-conscious households now face tough choices, with many turning to home gardening for relief.

An uninspiring budget proposal

It fails to commit to reforms and address people’s sufferings

Why are people moving back to their villages?

Rise in reverse migration has raised concerns

The poor’s debt burden gets heavier

The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.

Opinion / Taming Inflation: Let the orthodox monetary policy work

Uncontrolled inflationary pressure is one of the most problematic phenomena in the country.

Why are food prices still rising?

Government should match its concern about inflation with action

Why the delay in declaring minimum wage for RMG workers?

Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?

Tk 25,000 as minimum wage / Don't RMG workers deserve a dignified life?

The workers protesting for a minimum wage of Tk 25,000, but those in power are concocting ways to thwart this mission.

Opinion / A people sidelined by its politicians

Shouldn't our politicians focus on how to best serve the people?

October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024

Cabbage now costs Tk 70?! Will your next salad require a bank loan?

Rising food prices in Bangladesh are hitting consumers hard, especially lower-income groups. Vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, and pumpkins have surged, alongside chicken, eggs, and fish. Budget-conscious households now face tough choices, with many turning to home gardening for relief.

June 8, 2024
June 8, 2024

An uninspiring budget proposal

It fails to commit to reforms and address people’s sufferings

March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024

Why are people moving back to their villages?

Rise in reverse migration has raised concerns

March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024

The poor’s debt burden gets heavier

The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.

March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

Taming Inflation: Let the orthodox monetary policy work

Uncontrolled inflationary pressure is one of the most problematic phenomena in the country.

February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024

Why are food prices still rising?

Government should match its concern about inflation with action

October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023

Why the delay in declaring minimum wage for RMG workers?

Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?

October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023

Don't RMG workers deserve a dignified life?

The workers protesting for a minimum wage of Tk 25,000, but those in power are concocting ways to thwart this mission.

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

A people sidelined by its politicians

Shouldn't our politicians focus on how to best serve the people?

June 7, 2023
June 7, 2023

Stop blaming external factors for record-high inflation

Bangladesh government should own up to its mistakes