The fear that was lurking in the minds of consumers has come true. With the holy month of Ramadan remaining now less then two weeks away, the prices of most daily essentials are in the midst of yet another bout of an ascending spiral. None has the slightest clue about the termination point of the ongoing spiral; everything, as it seems, depends on the whims of the traders. In fact...

Barisal City (Bengali: বরিশাল Bariśāl)) is an old port on the Kirtankhola on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh. It is now the divisional headquarter of the Barisal Division and consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. The area of the town is 19.99 km². Barisal municipality was established in 1957 and was turned into a City Corporation in 2000....