Former Adviser to the caretaker government Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam on Saturday said that the prices of products are increasing in the country since there has been a global inflationary pressure. "Currently, the inflation that we're witnessing in the country is mainly because of the global market situation. The fuel oil price has increased globally, the Russia-Ukraine war is still going on while the price of products has increased by 8 percent in the UK," he said.Azizul also said that this has put an impact on the commodity market of the country.
The former adviser was addressing a seminar titled "Economic Challenges and the next budget for FY23" as the chief guest organized by the English Daily the Business Post held in the Capital's Tejgaon area, BSS reports.He said it is not easy to control the inflationary pressure when high inflation is happened mainly because of the global situation.
Azizul also suggested the government to support the low income group people to protect them from the inflationary pressure. In the wake of global price hike goods and commodities, Dr Azizul Islam proposed for widening the net of different social safety net programs in the next budget.He noted that the most important thing in the budget is to spend the allocated amount as Bangladesh is still lagging behind in South Asia in spending the budget. "Side by side, we're also lagging behind in revenue collection where the government needs to give due attention."
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