Finance and Planning adviser of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today said that the new government would try to deliver its best to improve the lives and livelihoods of the people.

"We want to establish an equal and just-based society and country and our aim is to ensure increasing peoples' income alongside reducing inflation. We'll try our best regarding the lives and livelihoods of our people," he said while talking to reporters after assuming office at the Ministry of Finance at Bangladesh Secretariat.

Answering to a question on the formation of the banking commission, he said the priority of the government is to restore trust of common people in the banks alongside resuming the operations of the central bank fully. "Then we'll work on bringing reforms," he added.

Dr Salehuddin, also the former central bank governor, said it would not take much time to resume the basic operations of the banking sector. Already the operations are there, but there were some deviations at the middle of the operations...the operations were not at all derailed, rather slowed down a little bit. We'll enhance the pace," he said.

Regarding the general point to point inflation which has been affecting the lives and livelihoods of the people over the years due to various reasons, including the global economic instability, he said apart from some macroeconomic challenges, there were also some flaws in the strategies and policies of development as the marginal people were not getting the real benefits of development.

He said although growth was there in various sectors, it was not reaching the targeted beneficiaries.

When asked about the submission of resignation letter by Abdur Rouf Talukder as the central bank governor yesterday (Friday), Dr Salehuddin said he would not take decision solely in this regard right at the moment since it is a sensitive matter.

He alleged that although the rules and norms of the central bank are of international standard, it was not followed always by the concerned authorities.

He said they would be strict enough to restore the discipline in the operations of the central bank and in the banking sector.

BDST: 1835 HRS, AUG 10, 2024
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