People in Dhaka have been struggling to cope with incessant rains in the past couple of days as waterlogging in many areas of the capital has been causing untold suffering.
“Like past few days, Dhaka city witnessed heavy rainfall today meaning many parts of the city were submerged,” Kazi Jebunnesa, a meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorologist Department (BMD) told BSS.
She expected that the cloudy weather may improve from today and the intensity of rainfall may decrease.
Many low-income and unskilled workers in the agriculture, industrial and service sectors of Bangladesh are being forced to reduce consumption as higher inflationary pressure is eating away their real income.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), inflation has outpaced wage growth in the country for more than two and a half years now.
The wages of low-income and unskilled workers across 63 employment categories grew by an average of 8.01 percent in September while the inflation rate was 9.92 percent, shows the Wage Rate Index of the BBS.
Business leaders at a roundtable here today called upon the interim government for restoring fully the law and order especially in the industrial belts, lowering interest rates and carrying out necessary reforms for ensuring smooth operations and sustainability of the industries.
They made the call at a roundtable on “Current State of the Economy and Outlook of Bangladesh” organized by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) at the DCCI auditorium.
Speaking at the roundtable, Mir Nasir Hossain, former president of FBCCI, said that the recent labour unrest has shattered the country image in the global market.
A new round of political dialogue of the interim government led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus with the political parties begins on Saturday.
The dialogue between the council of advisers and political parties are going to commence at the State Guest House Jamuna here at 2:30 pm as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and some major political parties will attend on the first day.
Briefing reporters at Foreign Service Academy here on October 2, Chief Adviser Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said the council of advisers will again start holding dialogues with the major political parties on Saturday over the works of the six commissions, formed to reform the state apparatus, and the country law and order situation.