Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday said that the government wants to see the economic indicators of the country going upward despite the various challenges alongside some discomforts owing to inflation.

"Discomforts are there to some extent for inflation. But, we want to see the overall economic indicators going upward," he said.

The Finance Minister was replying to a series of questions from reporters after Chief of Mission of IOM Bangladesh Abdusattar ESOEV met him at his ERD office in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar today.

He usually said it is not always possible to make good progress overnight, rather it takes a certain time.

Ali said that it is also not always possible to make significant prog...