Food prices have driven up the inflation rate past 9.0 per cent for the first time in eight months. Inflation rose for a fourth consecutive month, hitting 9.13 per cent year-on-year in February. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, February’s inflation rate is the highest since last April. The rate was 9.13 per cent at the time and fell to 9.05 per cent in May. Now it has leapt up past the 9.0 per cent threshold.

Source: bd News24 March 08, 2026 10:35 UTC