Bdbusinessdaily.com – The cost of living in Bangladesh edged lower once more in August 2026, marking the second straight monthly retreat in the headline inflation gauge. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published its latest consumer price index reading on 7 September, showing the general inflation rate at 8.26 percent for the month. That figure represents a modest pullback from the 8.32 percent recorded in July and also sits fractionally below the 8.29 percent printed for August of the prior year. For households navigating grocery aisles and utility bills across Dhaka, Chittagong, and smaller towns, the marginal improvement offers limited relief but signals that the sharpest upward price momentum of the past year has begun to fade.

The primary engine behind the headline softening was the food basket. Food inflation, which had been climbing through much of the year, retreated to 7.02 percent in August from 7.16 percent in July.…