Economy improving, people living well: Finance minister
He also added getting a new state minister has been beneficial
The country's economy is improving and the people are doing well, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has said.
"Ask the people of the country. I think they are doing well," the finance minister said yesterday in response to a journalist's question regarding the economic situation of the country.
"The prices of goods in the market are decreasing, and they will decrease further. Some 50,000 tonnes of onions are coming from India. Once these arrive, the prices will drop even more," Mahmood Ali said.
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He also said getting a new state minister has been beneficial.
"[With the appointment] the pace of work in the Ministry of Finance will increase," said the finance minister.
State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan, after joining her office yesterday, said she would work to build a corruption-free economic system in Bangladesh which would eventually contribute towards building a prosperous country.
