Bangladesh Scores High To Become A Developing Country

The United Nations Organisation (UNO) has recently recognised Bangladesh’s eligibility as a developing country from a least developed country (LDC).

- Ellora De

This evaluation by the UN was formally announced by Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Bangladesh, on the 99th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Toufique Hasan, Deputy High Commissioner (DHC), Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, India, spoke to BE regarding this development. He said, “Bangladesh’s recent eligibility to graduate to a developing country has opened up the door of its potential to emerge as a developed and prosperous nation.

Bangladesh, which has been an LDC since 1975, recently fulfilled the UN’s current criteria to graduate to a developing country. The UN’s Committee for Development Policy (CDP) on March 15, 2018, officially declared that Bangladesh is eligible for graduating from an LDC and handed over a letter in this regard to Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the UN.”