Navigate soaring Bangladesh inflation as rising costs across Dhaka force the middle class into creative survival strategies, highlighting economic pressure for non-government workers while a new public-sector pay scale underlines widespread purchasing power loss.

The prices of rice, potatoes, and onions have surged, yet farmers often sell these crops at a loss.

Inflation hit a four-month-high of 11.38 percent in November, despite the tightening monetary policy and easing of import tax on essential items.

Around 5 lakh people in Bangladesh likely fell into extreme poverty between the fiscal years 2022-23 and 2023-2024 due to the erosion of purchasing power, said the World Bank