Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- The country's point-to-point inflation was recorded at 5.62 per cent in July, the first month of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, showing a rising trend, according to official data.
In July, the inflation increased by 0.10 percentage points from that of 5.52 per cent in June last, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data, unveiled in Dhaka on Tuesday.
In the month of July of the previous FY, 2018-19, the rate of inflation was recorded 5.51 per cent. The highest inflation in the last 13 months was 5.63 per cent in May, as per the BBS data.
Planning Minister M A Mannan unveiled the data after emerging from a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Committee (ECNEC).
He sa...