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Today, Dhaka is a dysfunctional megacity, an economic hub that has grown chaotically – outwards and upwards – to absorb more than 20 million people who live there, and hundreds of thousands more arriving each year.
The average inflation rate in the capital was 11.08% higher last year compared to what it was in the first month of the year, according to a report published by the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB). "The rate was 9.13% higher in the case of low-income people," CAB wrote in the report titled "Inflation Pressure on Megacity Dhaka in 2022" published on Saturday (21
Bumper-to-bumper traffic on the streets of Dhaka is physically exhausting for the city dwellers and wastes their valuable time. The opportunity cost, on account of loss of time, could be billions of dollars per annum