Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing country will help all brand the country in a greater way before the world.
“This graduation from the LDC has created many opportunities for Bangladesh. I think it’s another milestone in the development journey of Bangladesh. It has created a scope to campaign for branding Bangladesh before the whole world,” she told Parliament.
Sheikh Hasina, the Leader of the House, made the remarks in her valedictory speech in the 15th session of the 11th parliament.
Describing Bangladesh as an emerging economy, the Prime Minister said Bangladesh is emerging as a big market. “We’ll be able to send out the message to the world that a large market is being created in Bangladesh,” she said.
Though the final graduation is supposed to complete in 2024, Bangladesh has taken time till 2026 for enjoying the facilities entitled for the LDCs in a bid to recover the fallouts of the Covid-19 fallouts, she said.
Hasina said many alternative scopes would be created for Bangladesh as a developing country once the graduation process is finally completed.
“We’ll have to take many steps to take Bangladesh forward, (availing of the facilities as a developing country) and we’re also taking this preparation,” she said.
Though the final graduation is supposed to complete in 2024, Bangladesh has taken time till 2026 for enjoying the facilities entitled for the LDCs to recover the fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic, she said.
The Prime Minister said that the graduation of Bangladesh was “very important” but the path of this achievement was not so easy.
The achievement has come due to her government’s midterm, short-term and long-term plans, for which, she said they had gone through severe criticisms from various quarters, she said.
Referring to taking projects for quick rental power plants for speeding the country’s development, the premier said they had to face criticism, adding, “The journey towards the achievement was not so smooth. We have to face numerous hurdles, criticism and propaganda.”
To achieve the target, she said, they had to face both the manmade and natural obstacles that included killing innocent people and destroying assets through arson attacks in the name of movement by the BNP-Jamaat clique alongside the natural disasters such as flood and cyclone and the coronavirus pandemic.
