UN resolution on Bangladesh's LDC graduation 'great milestone': Kamal

The UNGA adopted the resolution at its 40th plenary meeting of the 76th session.

Kamal said this is an international recognition of the indomitable development march of Bangladesh being made over the last decade, Bangladeshi media reported.

Bangladesh is the lone country to acquire the eligibility for graduation after fulfilling all three UN criteria.

When the UN included Bangladesh in the LDC group in 1975, the country's poverty rate was 83 per cent. It declined to 20.5 per cent in fiscal 2019-20 before the pandemic devastated jobs and income opportunities.

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