Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said she would have been happy to see the inflation go further down.

“If inflation can be reduced now, people would be relieved. Production is sufficient. There is no shortage,” she said.

The prime minister said this while delivering her introductory speech in the 14-party alliance meeting held at her official residence Ganabhaban.

She said that inflation is a problem now. “It's not just Bangladesh, I saw American economic reports and inflation is a big problem there too,” she said.

 Hasina said that foreign exchange reserves of many countries are decreasing, including Bangladesh.

She said that business, trade, communication, import and export were all closed during Coronavirus pandemic.

“Money could not be sent from outside through hundi, so the money came through the banking channel, so our reserves had increased at that time” she said.

She mentioned that the expenditure started to increase when everything resumed after the pandemic.

“There is no need to worry about reserves if there is food stock during time of emergency” she said.

She admitted that she has made people so much aware of reserves talking about it.

“Everyone talks about reserves, talks about GDP, it is a good sign," she told the meeting.

Regarding the increase in the price of products, the prime minister said that there are many games behind it.

“Today I saw that eggs are being preserved where potatoes used to be preserved in the cold storages. Eggs should not be kept in potato cold stores. Such incidents are happening in Bangladesh,” she said.

Pointing out that the country should keep its achievements and move forward, the prime minister said that Bangladesh should be built in the spirit of the Liberation War.

“If we do not plan for the future, we will not be able to take the country forward.” she said.

The prime minister said those who opposed  the liberation war have not changed even a bit.

“This is reality and we have to face it and move on,” she said.