Inflation
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 / Hold on, let's talk about price hikes
Consumers hardly feel any sympathy for the downsizing that they have to experience due to price hikes. And all we get is haughtiness all around.
Inflation declines in February
The overall inflation in Bangladesh slid 19 basis points to 9.67 percent in February thanks to a fall in the prices of both food and non-food items, according to sources at the planning ministry.
Inflation falls in February
Inflation slides 19 basis points to 9.67℅
The ravages of wealth
Bangladesh’s wealth inequality keeps getting wider
ANALYSIS / Inflation edges up despite monetary tightening. Why?
Bangladesh's annual average inflation crept up to 9.59% last month, way above the central bank's revised target of 7.5% for the financial year ending in June
'Deeper analysis of internal dynamics within supply chains is crucial'
Hossain Zillur Rahman discusses the nuances of inflation in Bangladesh with The Daily Star.
Why are food prices still rising?
Government should match its concern about inflation with action
The fishbones of Bangladeshi capitalism
Like the refuse of the fish, the working class is also a refuse of the capitalist economy.
Inflation falls to 9.49% in November
Food inflation slipped to 10.76 percent last month from 12.56 percent in October.
Why the government can’t control commodity prices
For any major crop, there are local and national profiteers, who make plans to maximise profits way before the crops land in the markets.
Why Bangladesh Bank's inflation control policy is falling short
One key factor hampering the effectiveness of BB's policies is the delay in decision-making and significant transmission lags.
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?
High inflation to persist in Bangladesh: World Bank
WB Country Director Abdoulaye Seck says at AmCham meeting
Why CPD's proposal is not acceptable
Why should there be two different food standards for two social strata?
Life after #GotaGoHome
Among four South Asian nations, Sri Lanka performed the best in containing high inflation.
Inflation falls slightly, but still as high as 9.63%
It was 9.92% in Aug
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.
A country for the rich, and another for the poor
In recent years, Bangladesh has been grappling with a deepening chasm of inequality.
