Inflation increases to 6.1pc in Dec

Bangladesh's annual inflation increased to 6.1 percent in December, driven by an mount going on in the price of non-food items, the planning minister said gone reference to Tuesday.

Consumer prices rose 6.05 percent in November, the lowest back January last year, the minister, Mustafa Kamal, said.

Annual food inflation in December edged beside to 5.48 percent from 5.72 percent the previous month though non-food inflation increased to 7.05 percent from 6.56 percent.