Consumer-suffering

Public suffering is increasing in the country due to shortages of electricity and gas, closure of mills and factories amid the fuel crisis, extortion in the transport sector and the cancellation of the list of essential medicines, the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) said. The organization has called for those responsible for these problems to be identified and for effective measures to be taken quickly. The issues were raised at a discussion meeting held Thursday at CAB’s centra...

The price of green chilies has gone beyond the reach of ordinary people in Barishal. The retail price has reached Tk 400 per kilogram. Sellers say prices have increased because imports have declined due to heavy rainfall. Buyers, however, allege that a syndicate is driving up vegetable prices. As a result, consumers are struggling with the soaring market prices. A visit to permanent and mobile markets across Barishal city found the same picture. Many low and middle income consumers were se...