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Price hike of essentials: Govt plans to sell vegetables through OMS
The government plans to sell some vegetables at subsidised prices for the low-income groups as part of a pilot project in the capital.
Price hike of essentials: Poor, middle class in a tight corner
Harunur Rashid, a retired government employee, was taken aback by the steep price rise of okra at the capital’s Karwan Bazar yesterday.
Prices of essentials: Rains, supply dearth cause spike
The prices of rice, eggs, broiler chicken, soybean oil, palm oil, sugar and vegetables have increased significantly in Dhaka due to a supply shortage and incessant rain.
Prices of egg, veggies go up
The prices of vegetables, chicken, and eggs have risen again in the capital’s kitchen markets after remaining almost stable for about a month.
How life is like when prices go through the roof
Fatima Khatun, dressed in a washed-out kameez, came to Muslim Bazar in Mirpur 12 to shop with her four-year-old son on August 16.
Stabilising prices is the immediate priority
Inflationary pressure is being felt severely in the face of wage growth declines.
‘Why fix prices if you can’t enforce it’
Decry customers as govt fails to curb rising cost of essentials
Essentials now luxuries as the poor reel from price shock: CPD
People in Bangladesh have been forced to spend more on food compared to consumers in other countries, and the prices of essentials have surged to such an extent that they have become luxury items for many, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.
High prices make essentials luxury items: CPD
Prices of various essential items have gone up to the extent that they seem luxury goods for many people, particularly poor and vulnerable people, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today.
Govt ineptitude fuelling inflation
It is unacceptable that the government has failed to deliver to Bangladeshi consumers the benefits of a fall in the prices of food items on the international market
Why low global prices don't reach Bangladeshi consumers
High commodity prices in the global market are often used as an excuse to justify price hikes in the domestic market, even if there is no direct correlation
Subsidised Beef, Eggs: Relief to some of middle class
MA Khair Chowdhury passed the Segunbagicha kitchen market disappointed.
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.
AL's counter-programmes reveal its own insecurities
Announcing counter-programmes on the same day as the BNP, and often at a venue close to the BNP’s, raises the possibility of tension at best and outright violence at worst.
Price hike of essentials: the poor have their back against the wall
Abdul Wahab, a security guard at an ATM booth of a private bank in the capital, works 16 hours a day.
How not to fight inflation
Anyone with any faith in the market economy knew that the supply issues would be resolved eventually; but no one could possibly know when.
No visible step from BB to ease importers’ woes
The Bangladesh Bank is yet to take any visible measure in line with a commerce ministry directive aimed at asking banks to earmark a portion of their foreign currency holdings to open letters of credit to import essentials ahead of Ramadan.
RMG makers offer discounted groceries to workers
Some garment manufacturers are providing basic commodities to their workers at discounts opening shops on factory premises, bringing some relief amidst the skyrocketing of prices in the local markets.
BNP activists thronging Sylhet rally venue
Thousands of BNP activists have gathered on Alia Madrasa ground in Sylhet city’s Chowhatta area, hours before the rally starts.