Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has sought three more months to rein in high inflationary pressure that has brought significant sufferings for the people.

"It may take two to three more months for inflation to go down since the government is taking required measures," he told journalists after a meeting of the Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at Bangladesh secretariat on Tuesday.

By June next, the point-to-point inflation rate will come down between 6.0 and 7.0 per cent, he added.

In response to a criticism that the rate of inflation in Sri Lanka went down, Dr Salehuddin said the problems of that small country were a bit easier, and that there was no conflict among the local people there.

"Their ...