The announcement may come in next budget, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed

The government is actively considering introducing a dearness allowance for public servants in the upcoming national budget, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.

A committee has already been formed to work on the issue, he told reporters after a meeting of the advisory committee on government purchase at the Secretariat in Dhaka today.

However, he did not specify the rate at which the allowance may be offered.

Responding to a query about India's recent import restrictions, Ahmed said a meeting was scheduled to be held today afternoon on the matter. "I will not say anything about it right now," he said.

The adviser also refrained from commenting on the dissolution of the National Board of Revenue, adding that the finance ministry would issue a press release in this regard.

The meeting did not start at the time of the filing of this report.