price hike of essentials

Essential prices keep spiralling

Mohammad Shahid looked at the shopkeeper in Karwan Bazar in disbelief after hearing that a kg of onions was selling for Tk 120.

Form high-powered body to probe price hikes, HC tells commerce secy

The High Court today directed the commerce secretary to form a high-powered committee to probe the price hikes of agricultural products including potato, onion and eggs, and ordered for submission of a report

Govt to sell oil, potato, onion, lentil at lower price in Dhaka from tomorrow

TCB will sell soybean oil at Tk 100 per litre, potato at Tk 30 per kilogramme (kg), onion at Tk 50 a kg and lentil at Tk 60 per kg.

Govt fixes price of eggs at Tk 12 per piece

Prices of potatoes and onions also fixed; bottled soybean oil price reduced

Poor policy and market management have caused price hikes

Why is the government failing to manage the market as they should?

Bangladeshis paying way more for essentials

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

Why are rice prices soaring?

Reportedly, there is no shortage of it in the country

Ensure corruption-free distribution of Family Cards for the poor

We don’t need another botched govt relief programme for the poor

Govt failed to rein in Ramadan market: BNP

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain alleges that the government has completely failed to control the market at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan.

February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024

Essential prices keep spiralling

Mohammad Shahid looked at the shopkeeper in Karwan Bazar in disbelief after hearing that a kg of onions was selling for Tk 120.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

Form high-powered body to probe price hikes, HC tells commerce secy

The High Court today directed the commerce secretary to form a high-powered committee to probe the price hikes of agricultural products including potato, onion and eggs, and ordered for submission of a report

November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023

Govt to sell oil, potato, onion, lentil at lower price in Dhaka from tomorrow

TCB will sell soybean oil at Tk 100 per litre, potato at Tk 30 per kilogramme (kg), onion at Tk 50 a kg and lentil at Tk 60 per kg.

September 14, 2023
September 14, 2023

Govt fixes price of eggs at Tk 12 per piece

Prices of potatoes and onions also fixed; bottled soybean oil price reduced

March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023

Poor policy and market management have caused price hikes

Why is the government failing to manage the market as they should?

March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023

Bangladeshis paying way more for essentials

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

May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022

Why are rice prices soaring?

Reportedly, there is no shortage of it in the country

March 16, 2022
March 16, 2022

Ensure corruption-free distribution of Family Cards for the poor

We don’t need another botched govt relief programme for the poor

May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018

Govt failed to rein in Ramadan market: BNP

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain alleges that the government has completely failed to control the market at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan.

June 11, 2017
June 11, 2017

GARLIC gone crazy

When the price of garlic in China is plummeting with a huge harvest in the country's north, Bangladesh is seeing price hike of imported garlic.