prices of essentials

Time to enable the Competition Commission to dismantle syndicates

A bolstered Competition Commission can initiate inquiries into alleged syndicates and cartels either on its own or based on complaints, thus keeping the market in check.

Essentials getting further out of reach

Concerted actions are crucial to rein in the surging prices of essentials.

Here we go again!

Another round of price hikes of essential items, more misery for ordinary people

Bangladeshis paying way more for essentials

This did not happen by chance, but because of poor governance

Soaring Prices of Essentials: Low-income people hit hard

Riazul Haque, manager of a wholesale rice shop in the capital’s Mirpur, usually goes to Kachukhet kitchen market with Tk 500 every Friday.

Poor families suffer as OMS sale halted in 2 dists

The sale of essentials at subsidised prices under the OMS programme has been halted in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram since Thursday, putting several thousand poor families in distress.

5.6% inflation target set for FY2022-23

The government has set a 5.6 per cent inflation target in the proposed budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year although the prices of essentials and other commodities are persisting at higher levels.

Fighting inflation, forex crisis: Is hiking policy rate the next tool for BB?

Central banks around the world have commenced hiking policy rates in order to contain the inflationary pressure stemming from the ongoing global supply chain disruption and demand recovery.

Curbing price manipulation: Mechanism there for 11 yrs but not in use

More than 11 years ago, the government issued an order for the trade of essential commodities, aimed at controlling their prices and curbing price manipulation by unscrupulous businesses through hoarding and other unfair means.

October 29, 2024
October 29, 2024

Time to enable the Competition Commission to dismantle syndicates

A bolstered Competition Commission can initiate inquiries into alleged syndicates and cartels either on its own or based on complaints, thus keeping the market in check.

October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024

Essentials getting further out of reach

Concerted actions are crucial to rein in the surging prices of essentials.

May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023

Here we go again!

Another round of price hikes of essential items, more misery for ordinary people

March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023

Bangladeshis paying way more for essentials

This did not happen by chance, but because of poor governance

January 21, 2023
January 21, 2023

Soaring Prices of Essentials: Low-income people hit hard

Riazul Haque, manager of a wholesale rice shop in the capital’s Mirpur, usually goes to Kachukhet kitchen market with Tk 500 every Friday.

December 2, 2022
December 2, 2022

Poor families suffer as OMS sale halted in 2 dists

The sale of essentials at subsidised prices under the OMS programme has been halted in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram since Thursday, putting several thousand poor families in distress.

June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022

5.6% inflation target set for FY2022-23

The government has set a 5.6 per cent inflation target in the proposed budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year although the prices of essentials and other commodities are persisting at higher levels.

May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022

Fighting inflation, forex crisis: Is hiking policy rate the next tool for BB?

Central banks around the world have commenced hiking policy rates in order to contain the inflationary pressure stemming from the ongoing global supply chain disruption and demand recovery.

May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022

Curbing price manipulation: Mechanism there for 11 yrs but not in use

More than 11 years ago, the government issued an order for the trade of essential commodities, aimed at controlling their prices and curbing price manipulation by unscrupulous businesses through hoarding and other unfair means.

May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022

Now rice prices on the rise

The prices of fine rice have gone up in the capital’s wholesale and retail markets, aggravating the suffering of the people from middle-income families who are already struggling to meet their household expenses due to spiraling prices of essentials, including edible oil and lentil.