Dhaka, March 18 -- Bangladesh's economy has been able to turn around from the brink in the past eight months due to the sincere efforts of the interim government, says Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed.

He made the remarks to reporters after a meeting of the advisory council on economic affairs and government procurement on Tuesday.

The advisor said, "Bangladesh's economy is no longer on the brink. Before this, it was on the brink of a pit. We have been trying to pull it out of there for the last eight months and now it has turned around."

Since taking office, the advisor has consistently spoken of the country's state of economic distress. He said that, even if efforts to control inflation were not particularly successful immediately, t...