Bangladesh, July 31 -- Protracted, inefficient food-supply chains are amplifying the gap between farm-gate and retail prices of essentials, contributing to persistent food inflation and weakening consumers' purchasing power.

Advertisement A new study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) digs out this main hiker of inflation, as government interventions like elevated interest rate and tightfisted public spending fail to dent wayward inflation.

The study, titled 'The Food Price Chain: Markets, Margins and Intermediaries in Bangladesh', was rolled out Thursday at the Brac Centre Inn during a dialogue organised by the CPD.

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir attended the programme as the chief guest and explained government meas...