Dhaka, March 12 -- Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin said on Monday that the prices of daily essentials are now on a downward trend from being stable and are expected to decline further.

He was speaking at a gathering of imams and khatibs after Iftar at the Jamia Madania Baridhara auditorium, organised by Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Dhaka Metropolitan on Wednesday evening.

The adviser said that wealth inequality was a major factor behind the July uprising. "We must address inequality through our actions and policymaking. The roles of Qardh al-hasan (interest-free lending) and Zakat are crucial in eliminating this wealth disparity," he added.

Zakat, he explained, is an effective Islamic model for wealth distribution. It is the respons...