DHAKA, June 7, 2024 (BSS) - Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today said taming inflation is a big challenge for the government. "The big challenge for us is that how we will control the inflation. The prime minister said the inflation was 12.3 percent when her party assumed power in 2009 and the reserve was less than one billion US dollar. Despite the facts, the prime minister said Bangladesh has been able to maintain the growth to make easy Bangladesh's graduation as a developing nation. The prime minister said several allowances are being given for the poor and helpless people under the social safety net programme.