Rent hike
It seems that the newspapers do not consider high rent of apartments a burden for the ordinary service holders staying in Dhaka. Recently, all the house owners in Dhaka increased the house rent by almost 50 percent and there is no report on this matter in the press. Only the rise in price of essentials is reported but this aspect of cost of living is not at all reported. Now an ordinary service holder spends more than 70 percent of his salary on rent only. The existence of the middle class in Dhaka will be threatened by house rent increase, if no remedial measures are taken immediately.
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