Bangladesh’s inflation hits five-month high despite steps
Food inflation, which is a major reason for the elevated inflation, stayed above 12 per cent for the third straight month.
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Congress general secretary Priyanka slams Modi government for unemployment and inflation
Addressing an election rally at Kukshi town in the tribal-dominated Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi said the GST and demonetisation had severely distressed small…
Black marketeers create fertiliser crisis, hike prices
The increase is causing severe inconvenience to the paddy and potato growers during the Kharif and on the eve of Ravi cultivations. Thus, the state agriculture department has…
First consignment of imported eggs arrives in Bangladesh
In the face of rising prices of eggs, the commerce ministry on the second week of September decided to allow import of eggs. Since then, it permitted 15 companies to import 15…
Transport cost goes up, impacting price of essential goods
A three-day blockade enforced by major opposition parties and protests of garment workers disrupted the supply chain of daily essentials and sent the cost of transport higher,…
Thais urged to spend less as total deposits fall for first time in decade
Deposit Protection Agency president Songpol said the decline was due to rising living costs, which have forced depositors, particularly those on low incomes, to withdraw their…
BOC: PH rice imports unfazed by global shortage
Government data showed Customs collected P16.81 billion from rice tariffs from January to August, up 6 percent year-on-year.
Bangladesh’s sugar import duty halved
Bangladesh is highly dependent on the import of the sweetener, and its price has gone up over the last one year in a ripple effect stemming from international markets and an…
Rice yet again largest driver of inflation in Indonesia
The staple food accounted for 0.58 percentage points of the annual consumer price index growth of 2.56 per cent recorded last month, a figure that marks an increase from the prior…
48% of Filipino families rate themselves ‘poor’: Survey
According to the survey, almost 2 million families consider themselves to be newly poor. It means that they did not see themselves to be poor at least five years ago, but this has…