Prices of goods falling, says Finance Minister

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said that the prices of goods in the market are declining and would decline further.
"Some 50,000 tonnes of onion is coming from India. Once such consignments of onion arrive, the prices will fall even more," he said, in response to a query from journalists regarding the economic condition of the country, reports BSS.
He said that the economy is now improving while the people of the country are doing fine and in good condition. "Ask the people of the country. I think they are doing well."
Mr Ali also mentioned that getting a new state minister in his ministry would be beneficial.
"The pace of work in the Ministry of Finance will increase," said the minister.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan, after joining her office Sunday, said she would work for building a corruption-free economic system in Bangladesh which would eventually contribute towards building a prosperous country.
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).