Dhaka, April 7 -- As the nation embarks on the shimmering path of development, a darker reality often unfolds for its middle-class and low-income citizens: the crushing weight of debt that causes them to suffer depression.

While the government, in its pursuit of progress, raises taxes and VAT to fuel grand projects, the middle class finds itself caught in a financial vice.

Experts paint a grim picture, where the rising costs of development and the ripple effects of global conflicts leave the middle class as silent bystanders to an era of relentless inflation.

Saddled with debt and seeing no viable escape, some have resorted to the ultimate tragedy suicide.

Others, overwhelmed by the pressures on their families and businesses, succumb ...