Low, middle income groups in Bangladesh reel from rising prices

Shakhawat Hossain | Updated at 12:00am on February 23, 2020

Sufferings of the middle and low income groups are growing as the volatility in the prices of some half a dozen essential commodities, including rice,...

Tipu blames traders for price hike of garlic, ginger

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:45pm on February 10, 2020

Commerce minister Tipu Munshi on Monday said that some businesses were trying to increase the prices of essential commodities including garlic and ginger by using...

Prices keep rising

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:13am on February 05, 2020

Traders started increasing the prices of essential commodities including garlic, onion and edible oil in last three days without any valid reasons. The price of...

AL syndicate causes price hike: Fakhrul

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:08am on December 04, 2019

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that the government had completely failed to control prices of essentials and ruling Awami League syndicate was responsible...

Power price hike proposal opposed

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:01am on December 04, 2019

The public hearing on the power tariff increase proposal ended on Tuesday with energy experts and consumers’ representatives saying that the state-owned power companies failed...

People mustn’t pay for wrong power policy of government

| Updated at 12:00am on November 30, 2019

THE recommendations for an increase in bulk power prices by 20 per cent and in transmission charges by 7 per cent that the technical evaluation...

Ganosamhati protests price hike of essentials

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:06am on November 25, 2019

GanOsamhati Andolan on Sunday staged a sit-in in front of the TCB Bhaban at Karwran Bazar in the capital to protest the inflated price of...

Food minister warns govt traders against rice prices hike

United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 03:33pm on November 20, 2019

Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Wednesday warned against increasing rice prices, saying the country had an adequate stockpile of food grain...

It’s now salt

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:47am on November 20, 2019

It’s now salt

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:14pm on November 19, 2019

A rumour-driven spiral in the price of salt after a surge in the prices of onion and rice has caused panic buying of the item...