BANGLADESH COST OF LIVING INDEX FALLS IN JANUARY Bangladesh's cost of living index fell 1.09 pct in January to 479, after a 1.6 pct decline to 484.28 in December (1973-74 base 100), the Bureau of Statistics said. The cost of living index fell 0.14 pct to 434.49 in January 1986. In the year to January, inflation ran at 10.24 pct after an 11.3 pct rate a month earlier and 9.72 pct a year earlier.