Investor Presentaiton
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Price of Basic Food Items
Beyond the Grasp of Ordinary Citizens
Assuming that each person consumes the average amount of food, as
indicated by the Bangladesh Urban Socioeconomic Assessment Survey
2019 conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the
average monthly cost of a basket of 20 common food items
("regular diet") for a household of 4 persons in Dhaka city
was BDT 21,358, as of 30 May 2022
ā Assuming that a household lives on a "compromised diet", and never
consumes fish, mutton, beef, or chicken, the average monthly cost of
food for a household of 4 persons in Dhaka city was BDT 8,016, as of
30 May 2022
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