Dhaka, June 25 -- The central bank is aiming to bring inflation down to 5per cent, a more ambitious target than the government's official goal of 6.5per cent, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur said on Tuesday.
"If we can achieve this, we will consider ourselves successful," he made the remarks at the launch event of Google Pay in Bangladesh, held at a city hotel.
While speaking about current state of the financial sector, the governor said risk-based audits have been completed for 20 banks, with another 7 expected to be finalized by the end of July. "Under no circumstances will the banking sector be allowed to return to its previous state."
On the exchange rate of the US dollar, Mansur remarked, "The price of our country's dolla...