The seminar started with screening of the UN secretary-general’s congratulatory video message lauding Bangladesh’s achievement on graduation from Least Developed Country status. Keynote speaker Camilla Brückner, UNDP Regional Director for Nordic countries, lauded Bangladesh’s impressive success stories and graduation from LDC group. She stressed increased private sector- driven investments and more inclusiveness to achieve SDGs and to keep the momentum of the graduation process. The Danish investors and business leaders expressed a renewed sense of interest about Bangladesh and their sincere interest to take advantage of the opportunities generated by the graduation of Bangladesh as a developing country. Bangladesh also recently advanced from a low-income country to a low-middle income country on the World Bank’s scale.

Source: bd News24 April 25, 2018 22:07 UTC