Dhaka, July 9 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said both the Chief Adviser and he himself are focused on implementing basic reforms in the country, rather than pursuing long- or medium-term ones.

"We the interim government will not be there (in power) for a long time, maybe 7-8 months, especially me and the Chief Adviser are very much serious just to do some basic reforms, we will not do any long-term or medium term reforms," he said.

He said this while addressing the Accounting and Auditing Summit (A & A Summit) at a city hotel with the theme of 'FRC's Role and its impact on economic governance of Bangladesh'.

The Adviser also said they will try to implement the reforms that have started so far. "We are having huge ...