price hike
A middle-class family’s struggle to stay afloat amid soaring prices
As the cost of living continues to rise, it has becoming increasingly challenging for the middle class to maintain financial stability.
FY23: A year of price shocks
Just a year ago, Aminur Rahman, a private sector employee living in Dhaka, could buy a moderate amount of essential goods, including rice, soybean oil, onions, salt and eggs, at Tk 553 from stores in Dhaka city
Importance of business ethics
Businesses are set up to make a profit. We all understand that. But to what extent that profit would be made?
Tiptoeing through the minefield
Writing is becoming increasingly difficult as one has to tiptoe through a minefield, not knowing which topic may set off a trigger or become a bummer. It’s not nice to hear that we have the worst record of press freedom among South Asian countries, lower than Afghanistan.
How to de-stress Eid shopping amid price hike
When a major festival like Eid knocks on the door, the memory of going to markets or shopping malls to buy new clothes and footwear items, eating sweets and receiving gift money from elderlies comes to mind.
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.
A middle-class family’s struggle to stay afloat amid soaring prices
As the cost of living continues to rise, it has becoming increasingly challenging for the middle class to maintain financial stability.
FY23: A year of price shocks
Just a year ago, Aminur Rahman, a private sector employee living in Dhaka, could buy a moderate amount of essential goods, including rice, soybean oil, onions, salt and eggs, at Tk 553 from stores in Dhaka city
Importance of business ethics
Businesses are set up to make a profit. We all understand that. But to what extent that profit would be made?
Tiptoeing through the minefield
Writing is becoming increasingly difficult as one has to tiptoe through a minefield, not knowing which topic may set off a trigger or become a bummer. It’s not nice to hear that we have the worst record of press freedom among South Asian countries, lower than Afghanistan.
How to de-stress Eid shopping amid price hike
When a major festival like Eid knocks on the door, the memory of going to markets or shopping malls to buy new clothes and footwear items, eating sweets and receiving gift money from elderlies comes to mind.
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.
