Dhaka, June 2 -- City-dwellers still feel the bite of high food prices although overall inflation eases by latest official count and the interim government pares the rate down progressively from July in the forthcoming fiscal year.

The carried-over high inflation is still close to a double-digit level while the post-uprising government now fixes budgetary targets to tame it down to 8.0 per cent this June and 6.50 per cent by the end of the fiscal year (FY) 2025-26.

The point-to-point inflation rate in May decreased to 9.05 per cent from 9.17 per cent in the previous month of April on a downturn straight for the fifth month since January this year, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data unveiled Monday.

Meanwhile, the g...