☕ Street Economics & Tong Culture
The Neighborhood Tong Index (টংয়ের দুধ চা ও নাশতা)
The real street economics of Bangladesh: tracking the 25-year price evolution of Dudh Cha, Rong Cha, Shingara, and Kola-Ruti across neighborhood tea stalls.
Dudh Cha (দুধ চা)
12.00৳
Up from 2.00৳ in 2000 (+500%)
Shingara / Samucha
10.00৳
Up from 1.50৳ in 2000 (+566%)
Bun Ruti + Banana (কলা-রুটি)
25.00৳
Up from 4.00৳ in 2000 (+525%)
Monthly 3-Cup Office Run
1,080৳/mo
Was 180৳/month in year 2000
📊 Street Food Inflation: Tong Items (2000–2025 in BDT)
Price of Milk Tea (দুধ চা) & Shingara (2000–2025)
The unofficial benchmark of informal urban service sector inflation
Milk Tea (দুধ চা) ৳
Shingara (সিঙ্গাড়া) ৳
☕ Monthly Tong Budget Calculator (আড্ডার মাসিক খরচ)
Enter your daily tea stall consumption to see your monthly tong expense over the years:
| Year | Daily Tong Spend | Monthly Bill (30 days) | Annual Expense |
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🏛️ Official Citations & Primary Source References
bdmcp enforces strict data provenance. Every dataset and indicator on this page is linked directly to authoritative Bangladesh Government gazettes, central bank bulletins, or official trade archives.
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Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) Annual Tea Production Statistics ↗ Verified Public Source🏛️ Ministry of CommerceNational tea harvest statistics across Sylhet and Sreemangal gardens, Chittagong Tea Auction average prices, and export figures.
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BBS Consumer Price Index (CPI) Milk, Sugar & Tea Basket ↗ Verified Public Source🏛️ Bangladesh Bureau of StatisticsHistorical price tracking for condensed milk, liquid milk, packaged loose tea, and sugar from 2000 to 2025.
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Dhaka University Campus & Street Vendor Trade Archives ↗ Verified Public Source🏛️ Dhaka City Street Commerce RegistryInformal tong stall pricing records (৳2 in 2000 to ৳12 in 2025) across TSC, Nilkhet, Shahbagh, and Farmgate.