{
  "id": 11909261,
  "title": "High operational costs leave restaurants scrambling for survival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/high-operational-costs-leave-restaurants-scrambling-for-survival",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:45:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dhaka Tribune Business",
    "slug": "dhaka-tribune-business",
    "url": "https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/421292/high-operational-costs-leave-restaurants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rising prices of key food ingredients and essential utilities—including electricity, gas, and LPG—alongside surging rents, wages, and transport fees, are pushing restaurant owners across the country to the brink. Compounding the problem, reduced consumer purchasing power has driven restaurant sales down by up to 30%, making it increasingly difficult for many establishments to stay... Details",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}