Prime Minister’s econo-mic affairs adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman said the government should find the sources of black money to reduce its surge in the economy.

“Identifying the sources of black money is rather important,” he said while addressing a pre-budget discussion styled as “Fiscal 2012-13: The Budget We Want” at the Dhaka Reporters Unity audi-torium in the city Tuesday.

Dr Mashiur Rahman said if the government failed to make an appropriate fiscal policy, all of its efforts would go in vain.

abnews24.com, an online news agency, orgainsed the discussion chaired by its chief editor Subhash Singh Roy. Janata bank director Dr. RM Debnath presented the key-note paper.

The discussion was also addressed by Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) chairman Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled, Agrani Bank chairman Dr. Khondoker Bazlul Hoque, Rupali Bank Ltd cahairman Dr. Ahmed Al-Kabir, Dhaka University teacher Prof. MM Akash, senior research fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue Dr. Khandaker Golam Moazzem and Journalist Ajoy Dasgupta.

BKB chairman des-cribed the current state of the economy as making the poor people poorer and the rich people richer.

The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/ 6th June 2012