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Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

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- Sarah Schiffling Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos, IPS - February 27, 2022February 28, 2022

The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Though

People struggle to breathe amid growing prices of essentials

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- Kamal Ahmed - November 10, 2021August 26, 2023

The majority of general people in the country affected by the Covid pandemic are already in dire financial straits. The official inflation rate is now 5.8 per cent. But the reckless rise in prices of daily commodities is in fact many times higher than this calculation of inflation. According to

Kitchen market going beyond people’s reach

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- Kamal Ahmed - September 13, 2021September 13, 2021

During the Covid-19 crisis, prices of daily necessities continued rising. Last month, when the price of rice rose by three to five taka per kg, the government lifted restrictions on rice imports and the market restored stabilisation. But it lasted for a very short time. According to media reports, the