fall below 7 percent by September

The governor expressed his expectations at the post-budget press conference for the 2025-26 fiscal year at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Tuesday. He also said that interest rates will also be reduced if inflation decreases.

The Governor highlighted the exchange rate as a major challenge in controlling inflation, saying that the situation has already improved significantly.

"The exchange rate has been stable at around 122-123 taka per US dollar for quite some time. This has brought us relief and boosted our confidence," he said.

He further said, "Food inflation has

come down from 14.5 percent to 8.5 percent. Non-food inflation has come down from 11.5 percent to a little over 9 percent. I believe this downward trend will continue."

He said, "The falling prices of food, oil and gas in the global market will have an impact here. In addition, the monetary policy has been made contractionary. We hope that inflation will fall below 7 percent between July and September."

Present at the press conference were

Finance Advisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, Education and Planning Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud, Advisor to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and Road Transport and Bridges and Ministry of Railways Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan, Home and Agriculture Advisor Lt. General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Commerce, Aviation and Textiles and Jute Advisor Sheikh Bashiruddin, Cabinet Secretary Sheikh Abdur Rashid and NBR Chairman Md. Abdur Rahman Khan, along with heads of various financial sectors.

Yesterday afternoon, Finance Advisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed presented the budget proposal simultaneously on state broadcaster BTV and other private media outlets. This is the first budget of the interim government.

The size of the proposed budget is 7 lakh 90 thousand crore taka.