Shawdesh Desk:

The overall rate of inflation remained almost unchanged as it sustained over 9 per cent in March.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics recorded 9.35 per cent inflation in the past month, compared to 9.32 per cent in February.

The overall inflation was remained elevated despite downward trend of the food inflation.

BBS in its update released on Tuesday said the food inflation rate eased to 8.93 per cent in March after the rate was 9.24 per cent in February.

The BBS found that the non-food inflation rate was moving upward slightly to 9.7 per cent in March compared to 9.38 per cent in February.