Inflation
Should tax-free income limit rise as inflation bites?
Mohammad Firoz works at a garment accessories manufacturing company and earns Tk 29,000 per month.
Foreign banks see spike in deposits
Foreign banks operating in Bangladesh registered an 8.57 per cent growth in deposits in the October-December quarter of 2022, the highest since 2018, as many savers shifted their funds from local banks amid a confidence crisis.
Budget FY 23-24: IMF conditions, inflation, polls 3 key issues
Three issues would be dictating the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, the last of the Awami League government’s present five-year term: the International Monetary Fund’s conditions, the persistently high inflation and next year’s national election.
Living like the poor, paying like the rich
Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?
No policy measure taken to contain high inflation
There has also been very little policy response to help out families at the bottom of the income ladder
Making our public food distribution system work
With the soaring inflation rate in recent times, the importance of effective public food distribution cannot be emphasised enough.
Smartphone shipment shrinks
The smartphone market in Bangladesh witnessed a double-digit decline for the first time in seven years in 2022 while the feature phone market grew slightly at the same time, according to the latest Market Monitor report by Counterpoint Research.
Govt’s higher borrowing from BB stokes inflation risk
The government has kept borrowing from the Bangladesh Bank as commercial banks can’t come up with much-needed funds owing to the liquidity crunch.
A homemaker’s playbook for addressing the economic slowdown
Bangladesh is going through a period of economic slowdown and this weakening of the economy will be looming large for the entire period of 2023. The biggest problem for the common people now is inflation. It has increased the living cost and decreased the actual income.
Should tax-free income limit rise as inflation bites?
Mohammad Firoz works at a garment accessories manufacturing company and earns Tk 29,000 per month.
Foreign banks see spike in deposits
Foreign banks operating in Bangladesh registered an 8.57 per cent growth in deposits in the October-December quarter of 2022, the highest since 2018, as many savers shifted their funds from local banks amid a confidence crisis.
Budget FY 23-24: IMF conditions, inflation, polls 3 key issues
Three issues would be dictating the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, the last of the Awami League government’s present five-year term: the International Monetary Fund’s conditions, the persistently high inflation and next year’s national election.
Living like the poor, paying like the rich
Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?
No policy measure taken to contain high inflation
There has also been very little policy response to help out families at the bottom of the income ladder
Making our public food distribution system work
With the soaring inflation rate in recent times, the importance of effective public food distribution cannot be emphasised enough.
Smartphone shipment shrinks
The smartphone market in Bangladesh witnessed a double-digit decline for the first time in seven years in 2022 while the feature phone market grew slightly at the same time, according to the latest Market Monitor report by Counterpoint Research.
Govt’s higher borrowing from BB stokes inflation risk
The government has kept borrowing from the Bangladesh Bank as commercial banks can’t come up with much-needed funds owing to the liquidity crunch.
A homemaker’s playbook for addressing the economic slowdown
Bangladesh is going through a period of economic slowdown and this weakening of the economy will be looming large for the entire period of 2023. The biggest problem for the common people now is inflation. It has increased the living cost and decreased the actual income.
Inflation falls for fifth consecutive month in January
Inflation eased for the fifth consecutive month as it fell to 8.57 per cent in January.