Dhaka, July 7 -- The country's headline inflation rate eased to 8.48 per cent in June, down from 9.05 per cent recorded in May, driven by declining prices in both food and non-food categories, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Food inflation fell significantly to 7.39 per cent in June last, marking a drop of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month of May.

Non-food inflation also edged down to 9.37 per cent in June from 9.42 per cent in May 2025.

Economists attributed the decline in food inflation to the falling prices of key items such as potatoes, onions, and eggs.

However, they cautioned that the relief might be temporary, as rice prices-the most determining item in the consumer food ...