The general point-to-point inflation rate in Bangladesh declined further in last month reaching 9.32 percent, down from 9.94 percent in January this year.
According to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the taming of inflation was mainly driven by a fall in food prices.
In February 2025, the point-to-point food inflation declined to 9.24 percent, down from 10.72 percent in January, 2025 the BBS data showed.
Meanwhile, the non-food inflation rate showed a slight increase reaching 9.38 percent in February, up from 9.32 percent in January, 2025.
The point-to-point inflation rate both in the urban and rural areas also went dpwn last month. In the rural areas, it was 9.51 percent in February which was 10.18 percent in January, 2025.
The impact of terrorism in Bangladesh has been reported to be "low" on a terrorism scale as per the latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025, which provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism since 2012.
Even the country saw a lower impact of terrorism than in India, Pakistan, and the South Asian regional average in 2024, according to 12th edition of the annual report released by the Institute for Economics & Peace today (5 March).
Bangladesh scored 3.03 on the 2025 GTI index, where a score of zero indicates no impact and ten represents the highest measurable impact. This placed the country at 35th among 163 nations, which were placed in 100 spots in the report.
The latest position is an improvement from last year 32nd place.
The GTI is the most comprehensive resource on global terrorism trends and uses multiple factors to calculate its score, including the number of incidences, fatalities, injuries and hostages, and combines it with conflict and socioeconomic data to provide a holistic picture of terrorism.
Pakistan wants to hold foreign secretary-level consultations and the meeting of the Joint Economic Commission with Bangladesh as part of Islamabad efforts to strengthen the ties with Dhaka.
The issues were discussed when Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, additional Secretary (Asia Pacific), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan called on Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Md. Jashim Uddin on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Siddiqui carried a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar addressed to Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and handed it over to the foreign secretary, officials at the MoFA said.
Both sides discussed the importance of holding the Foreign Secretary level consultations, the last meeting of which was held in 2010 and the Joint Economic Commission, last meeting of which was held in 2005.
Discussion also covered strengthening cooperation to enhance trade and reduce the trade gap.
Both sides expressed satisfaction over recent visits of several trade delegations from Pakistan to Bangladesh and emphasised on the importance of visits by the product specific trade delegations from Bangladesh to Pakistan.
Cooperation in the sectors of tourism, people-to-people contacts, cultural exchanges, the issue of forcibly displaced Rohingyas and cooperation in the international forum were also discussed.
Both sides recalled the substantive discussion between Bangladesh chief adviser and the prime minister of Pakistan during their meetings in Cairo on the sidelines of D-8 Summit in December 2024 and in New York in September 2024 on the sidelines of 79th UNGA.
They also recalled the meeting between the foreign adviser and deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Pakistan on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting in Apia, Samoa in October 2024.
The importance of strengthened regional and multilateral cooperation through SAARC, OIC, and D-8 was also highlighted. Additional secretary (Asia Pacific) was accompanied by the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof.
Sheikh Moinuddin and Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb have been appointed special assistants to the Chief Adviser.
A notification inn this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday.
To assist the advisers, Sheikh Moinuddin has been given executive authority over the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges while Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb has been assigned to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology.