Inflation reaches 5.32pc in February
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increased slightly last month (February) as it went up by 0.30 percentage
point to 5.32 percentage point in February, 2021.
“The General point-to-point inflation rate in February 2021 reached 5.32
percentage point,” said Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary
Mohammad Yamin Chowdhury.
conference at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in city’s Agargaon
area today.
January, 2021.
February, 2021 from 5.23 percent in the previous month, while the non-food
inflation rate, also increased to 5.17 percent last month from 4.69 percent
in January, 2021.
the last month from 5.00 percent in last January.
The general inflation rate also increased to 5.30 percent in February from
5.05 percent in January in the urban areas.
A total of 8,54,253 people died due to different causes in 2020 and around 21.1 percent died of cardiac arrest, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Some 1,80,408 people have died of heart attacks, according to the data revealed by the BBS today. In the same year, 85,360 people died of brain strokes while 8,248 people died from coronavirus infection, the BBS
General inflation accelerated to 5.32 per cent in February, fueled by an increase in both food and non-food items, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Last month's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 30 basis points from 5.02 per cent in January as it broke three months' declining streak. Food inflation increased 19 basis points to 5.42 per cent because of
Starting today s article with statistics provided by the Bangladesh Bank. According to the statistics, in six months, from July to December 2020, banks have given loans a total of Tk 12,077 crore (USD 1420 million) to the farmers, collected Tk 14,091 crore (USD 1657 million) from the farmers at the same time. It means, banks have collected 22.53 percent more agricultural loans, compared to the total disbursement. Although, there was a special instruction from the Bangladesh Bank regarding the payment of instalments, farmer kept on paying off their loan instalments. It can be said that our farmers were at the forefront who worked hard towards a sustainable economy during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, Bangladesh Krishi Bank has distributed agricultural loans worth Tk 4,636 crore (USD 545 million) and despite the spread of COVID-19, the bank was able to recover Tk 4,000 crore (USD 474 million) that year. Real farmers are not defaulters and they have proved it even during the pandem
Tangail farmers enjoy bumper mustard yield, better prices
Whole families, including the youngsters, join in to take home bumper harvests of mustard in Tangail this year propelled by favourable weather conditions. Local markets are also offering farmers higher prices compared to that last year. The photo was taken at Birbasinda in Kalihati upazila last week. Photo: Mirza Shakil
Tangail is in for a bumper mustard yield this year due to favourable weather conditions. Farmers are also very happy being offered better prices in local markets.
They took on cultivating the cash crop just after facing devastating and prolonged floods. Support from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) was at hand.