Thursday, March 28, 2024

Cost of living almost double in 5 yrs

The cost of living in Bangladesh has increased by 82.59 per cent over the last five years from, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). In relation, the income has increased by 59.38 per cent over the same period showing an unusual disparity between income and expenditure. This disparity has made the fixed income group’s ... Read more

58.37pc population suffers from fever

The highest 58.37 per cent of the country’s population of both sexes suffered from fever, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. The survey showed that 9.94 percent of the population of both sexes at the national level suffered from pain, followed by 5.16 percent from diarrhoea, 2.12 percent from dysentery, 2.49 percent ... Read more