Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Bangladesh's inflation as measured by the consumers' price index (CPI) moved up 10 basis points to 5.62 per cent in July on point-to-point basis due to raise in prices of both food and non-food items.

Food inflation rose to 5.42 per cent in July from 5.40 per cent of the previous month while non-food inflation stood at 5.94 per cent from 5.71 per cent, according to official data.

Planning Minister M A Mannan unveiled the data after emerging from a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Committee (ECNEC) on Tuesday.

He said the inflation increased a little bit last month due to increase in the prices of some food and non-food items, including fish, meat, egg, dress, house rent, and medi...