Price Rise / Price Hike

Price Rise is the bane [সর্বনাশ] of modern world. Price of essential commodities [পণ্য] go on rising every day despite the professed and genuine efforts of the government. The main reason for sky-rocketing of prices is the unabated [অক্ষুণ্ণ] rise in population at an alarming rate. As compared to China, Bangladesh has failed miserably in controlling her population. Another reason for price-rise is the huge loss of man-days as a result of frequent strikes and lock-outs in the industrial units. This leads to short fall in production. An average Bangladeshi has considerably awakened to the reality of raising his living standard in the matter of eating, housing, medical aid and providing education to his children. He is also fond of recreation through T.V., V.C.R cinema, transistor etc. All this expenditure pushes up the rate of living. The hoarders, stockers and black marketers also push up prices by causing artificial scarcity [অভাব] in the market. The government should take some drastic [আমূল] steps to keep prices under control.