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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.

Dhaka Wasa hikes water prices by 10pc from July

Wasa's respected customers are hereby informed that the prices were adjusted due to inflation according to section 22 of the Wasa Act 1996

Veggies too pricey to afford for many

Homemaker Nurunnahar Begum could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader asked for Tk 100 for a kilogram of green papaya at the capital’s Kachukhet kitchen market.

Eggs now Tk 20 costlier per dozen at Karwan Bazar

The price of eggs went up by Tk 20-25 per dozen in the Kawran Bazar retail market

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.

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

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.

August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024

Stabilising prices is the immediate priority

Inflationary pressure is being felt severely in the face of wage growth declines.

June 16, 2024
June 16, 2024

‘Why fix prices if you can’t enforce it’

Decry customers as govt fails to curb rising cost of essentials

June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024

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.

June 2, 2024
June 2, 2024

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.

May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024

Dhaka Wasa hikes water prices by 10pc from July

Wasa's respected customers are hereby informed that the prices were adjusted due to inflation according to section 22 of the Wasa Act 1996

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

Veggies too pricey to afford for many

Homemaker Nurunnahar Begum could not believe her ears yesterday when a trader asked for Tk 100 for a kilogram of green papaya at the capital’s Kachukhet kitchen market.

May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024

Eggs now Tk 20 costlier per dozen at Karwan Bazar

The price of eggs went up by Tk 20-25 per dozen in the Kawran Bazar retail market

March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024

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.

February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024

The fishbones of Bangladeshi capitalism

Like the refuse of the fish, the working class is also a refuse of the capitalist economy.

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