Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Bangladesh Bank has warned that higher fuel prices and a new payscale for government employees could make it harder to control inflation and meet the government's target.

The observation came after a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting at Bangladesh Bank Headquarters on Wednesday, where it reviewed the country's macroeconomic trends.

In a statement on the meeting minutes, the central bank said headline inflation remains on a downward trend but is still above the government's 7.5 percent target for FY2026-27.

The MPC noted that global fuel prices remain volatile amid prolonged conflict in West Asia.

Against this backdrop, domestic fuel prices were raised in late September, while the government also announced impl...