The Chinese envoy says the agreement would ease the way for Bangladeshi exports and reduce the trade deficit between the countries
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday disclosed the information which spoiled Finance Minister AMA Muhith's hope to keep the inflation under 7 percent in the new fiscal.
While presenting the 2014-15 budget proposal in June, Muhith had not set any inflation target but expected the rate to drop.
Kamal at a press briefing said the rate in last fiscal's June was at 6.97 percent on a point-to-point basis. It was 7.48 percent in May.
He said 2013-14's annual average inflation was at 7.35 percent.
The inflation rate in 2012-13 was 6.78 percent.