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Bangladesh need to concern the emerging inflation as prices of staples like rice are increasing since October last year, says a study by Centre for Policy Dialogue. It also says that outlook for the global recovery in the next half of the fiscal year signals that prices are expected to go up on the international market. The private research arm suggested boosting farm output by supplying enough inputs during the upcoming Boro crop season and maintain the spread of prices at different level import price, wholesale price, retail price and farm level. "Inflation can be contained by ensuring higher agricultural production or the other way is by importing food which would increase the subsidy burden," CPD executive director Mustafizur Rahman said on Monday. Inflation rate in the recent past has been tolerable, but since October there has been upward movements of prices, reads the report. The high growth in agricultural and industrial credit along with excess liquidity in the ...

The MCCI chief said Dhaka and Bangkok should cooperate with each other both bilaterally and multilaterally. Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abdul Hafiz Choudhury said,Thai investments have excellent future as Bangladesh offers most attractive incentives for investing in energy sector. "Bangladesh requires US$5 to $7.0 billion (500 to 700 crore) investments in generation and distribution of 7,000 megawatt of electricity by the end of 2011," he said to a Thai business delegation visiting Bangladesh. Mr Hafiz said the Thai government will find attractive opportunities in the energy sector as the Bangladesh government has initiated large projects under public-private partnership (PPP). Dhaka has established itself as the cheapest production base in South Asia and Bangkok can take the advantage of it, he said. "Thai investors can invest in labour intensive sectors including textiles, leather, paper and pulp, tourism, agro-based and agro-support...