Dhaka, June 12 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has urged Bangladesh's policymakers to adopt pragmatic and sustained measures to bring inflation under control.

Reviewing the proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27 on Friday, the civil society thinktank warned the government's target of 7.5 percent for the 2026-27 fiscal year may be difficult to achieve after four consecutive years of elevated price pressures.

"We will need a number of effective measures to achieve that target," CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun said.

"A realistic monetary policy must be pursued. The contractionary monetary policy should continue for some time. Food supplies need to be maintained. There are supply-side and production-related problems in the r...