As inflation greets Bangladeshis at breakfast time, even the humble paratha becomes a symbol of struggle. Once hearty and filling, it now arrives thinner and lighter -- a daily reminder of the unending calculations between hunger and affordability.

Experts say raising policy rate would have little impact on lowering food prices

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.

Commodity prices continue rising as government measures remain ineffective

A WB report states that 71 percent Bangladeshi families are concerned with rising prices of food