United News of Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s general point-to-point inflation rate rose slightly to 8.29 %in November 2025 from 8.17 % in October, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The modest increase in overall inflation was primarily driven by a rise in food prices. Read more: Bangladesh economy shows external stability despite internal challenges: Report Food inflation edged up to 7.36 % in November from 7.08 % in October. In contrast, non-food inflation eased marginally to 9.08 %in November from 9.13 %  in the previous month. The BBS data also indicated a slight uptick in inflation in both rural and urban areas during the month. Read more: Rice biggest driver of October’s food inflation in Bangladesh: GED

Cardiac arrest was the number one killer in Bangladesh in 2020, claiming the lives of 180,408 people, which is 21.1 percent of the country’s total 8,54,253 deaths during the year.

The inflation rate declined to 5.02 percent in January last from 5.29 percent in the previous month (December).

The inflation rate declined by 0.23 percent on a point-to-point basis in December 2020 as it came down at 5.29 percent last month from 5.52 percent in November 2020.