TUNGIPARA, Gopalganj, March 17, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
today expressed her delight at Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing
country and said that it is a great achievement for the nation.
“Bangabandhu had dreamt of establishing a hunger and poverty-free Sonar
Bangla … we have been able to achieve its one step advancement and I think
the news of graduation of Bangladesh to a developing country is a great
success for us,” she said.
For this, the prime minister extended her heartiest congratulations to
all.
Sheikh Hasina was addressing a children’s rally and cultural function here
on the occasion of the 99th birthday of Bangabandhu and the National
Children’s Day-2018.
The prime minister said: “Today, there is good news for us which we got on
the birthday of the Father of the Nation. Today’s Bangladesh is the result of
the efforts which we made so far.”
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh, which was a least developed country, is now
recognised by the United Nations as a developing country.
She said Bangladesh’s neighbouring countries like India, Sri Lanka and
even Pakistan have been graduated to a developing country. “We have so far
been one step backward. Today we received the news that we are not lagging
behind,” she said.
The prime minister said Bangladesh will now move ahead keeping pace with
other countries of the region.
Bangladesh has become eligible to graduate to a developing country from a
least developed one as it has met all the three criteria for the first time
for getting out of the LDC bloc.
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a United Nations panel, made
an announcement on the country’s eligibility at a meeting at the UN
headquarters in New York on Friday.