Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali today said that the country\u2019s economy is now improving while the people of the country are doing fine and in good condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cAsk the people of the country. I think they are doing well,\u201d the Finance Minister said today in response to a query from a journalist regarding the economic condition of the country.<\/p>\n
He also said that the prices of goods in the market are declining and those would decline further. \u201cSome 50,000 metric tons of onion is coming from India. Once such consignments of onion arrive, the prices will fall even more,” he added.<\/p>\n
Ali also mentioned that getting a new state minister in his ministry would be beneficial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pace of work in the Ministry of Finance will increase,\u201d said the finance minister.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan, after joining her office today, said she would work for building a corruption-free economic system in Bangladesh which would eventually contribute towards building a prosperous country.<\/p>\n
Waseqa said this was her first day at the Ministry of Finance in new capacity and she also felt proud to start her new assignment in the Month of Independence (March).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very much important to work at the Ministry of Finance as this Ministry is involved in almost all affairs of the country. Finance is also important in all matters of the global community\u2026.so, right at this moment, it\u2019s very tough to express my feelings. I still have a lot to learn,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She vowed to deliver her maximum efforts to supplement the Prime Minister\u2019s bid to build a prosperous and \u2018Smart Bangladesh\u2019 imbued with the spirit and ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.<\/p>\n
Asked about her priority, she said that priority is not a static thing as the priorities of each and every ministry and division often change in line with the changing context.<\/p>\n
In this regard, Waseqa said she would set her priority in consultation with the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister after taking briefs from the officials concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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