cost of living crisis
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?
Stop blaming external factors for record-high inflation
Bangladesh government should own up to its mistakes
We must curb rising inequality
Reforms following the IMF prescription should not harm disadvantaged groups
Reducing fuel prices by Tk 5 won't ease people’s suffering
The amount by which the government has reduced the prices is so meagre – and so thoroughly insufficient to address the corresponding increase in the cost of living – that we can’t help but ask: Why even bother?
IMF Loan Talks: Here's how we need to prepare
The economy needs firm handling to ensure the situation doesn't turn into a crisis.
Our own resources can help us get over the energy crisis
All studies done by international and national agencies are in agreement that Bangladesh still has a significant amount of undiscovered gas under the ground.
