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Food security for all should be policy priority

Bangladesh having slipped three notches in the Global Hunger Index 2024, based on 2019–2023 data, shows that the development model pursued and trumpeted by the toppled Awami League government ignored people’s most basic necessities. The index, prepared by two European non-governmental organisations and made public on October 11, has...

Strict market control should be policy priority

UNPRECEDENTED inflation rate in a few years has eroded people’s purchasing power, leading to a decrease in food and health spending. After the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime, inflation eased in August but remained at over 10 per cent, as prices of goods and services continued to skyrocket. In an effort to contain prices, the interim government...