The interim government has decided to form a high-powered committee to oversee potential challenges on the country鈥檚 path to graduating from the least developed country to a developing one in November 2026...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday directed the officials concerned to take all necessary precautionary measures so that no sector of the country is affected after its LDC graduation.
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Wednesday urged the business community to utilize the opportunities after graduating from the Least Developed Country...
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday emphasised that Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the Least Developed Countries category should proceed as scheduled in 2026, without seeking any deadline extension...
The advisory council of the Bangladesh interim government on Thursday decided that the country would graduate from the least developed countries鈥� bloc in 2026...
The country鈥檚 private sector businesses have urged for deferring Bangladesh鈥檚 LDC graduation for at least 2 to 3 years, considering the prevailing global and local economic challenges, including a shortage of energy, high inflation, high interest rates and complexities in obtaining credit from banks...
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has emphasised the urgent need to implement the trade facilitation roadmap to address the challenges associated with Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country status...
EXTERNAL trade costs, the costs incurred in trading in goods and services internationally in addition to the price for which producers sell the goods and services, are significantly high. They are also higher than such costs in India, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore. Such high costs of external trade 鈥� which cover the cost of transport, taxes, infrastructure...
The Bangladesh Chamber of Industries on Saturday urged the government to postpone the country鈥檚 graduation from the Least Developed Countries category for at least three years...
BANGLADESH is scheduled to graduate out of the least developed country status in November 2026. An LDC鈥檚 graduation status depends on meeting the threshold in terms of income, human asset and vulnerability (economic and environmental)...
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to non-traditional markets, especially India and Japan, would face significant challenges after the country鈥檚 graduation from Least Developed Country status in 2026, leading to higher duties.
The erosion of purchasing power caused by high inflation between 2022 and 2024 has significantly deepened poverty and vulnerability, driving an additional 1.78 crore people in the country into poverty or at risk of poverty, according to a study...
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday said that Bangladesh needed to enhance the capacity of different business organisations and human resources to enjoy the benefits of LDC graduation...
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment exports to the European Union could decline by 20 per cent due to the combined impact of EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, or EVFTA, and Bangladesh鈥檚 transition from a least developed country to a developing nation, according to a study...
Bangladesh鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country to a developing one, in itself, is unlikely to increase the prices of medicine on the local market, but it may affect the exports of the products, according to a study...
Commerce adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that Bangladesh would not make any hasty decisions regarding its graduation from least developed country status, but...
Experts on Thursday said that the country should have a national strategy based on true data and benefit calculation before graduating from the least developed country list...
Exporters on Monday urged the government to seek a deferral of the country鈥檚 graduation from the least developed country status to a developing country status, saying that the decision on the graduation was made based on fabricated economic data...