What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?

Both global and local macro-challenges can have serious implications for the people of Bangladesh

Leaders and activists of nine left-leaning parties under the Left Democratic Alliance are observing a half-day hartal today across the country, protesting increase in prices of fuel, urea fertilizer and essential commodities.

At least twelve persons were injured as police charged batons on protestors as they were protesting the fuel price hike today at the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka.

Mismanagement, system loss and a weak supply chain of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) have become a perennial problem.

Commuters have been facing transport crisis today (August 6, 2022) as presence of buses was low on Dhaka streets following the sudden increase in the price of all kinds of fuel oil.

A government committee will sit today (August 6, 2022) to re-fix bus fare -- a day after the fuel prices were hiked by up to 51.7 percent.