Muhith seeks int’l help in post-LDC era

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has urged the international community to extend cooperation to those countries graduated from the LDC status in a bid to ensure smooth graduation and thus maintain the continuity of development, reports BSS.

"Bangladesh is firm to face the post-LDC graduation challenges," the minister said while delivering the country statement at the 3rd Forum on 'Financing for Development (FFD)' organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held at the UN headquarters, said a handout received in Dhaka Tuesday.

At the very outset of his statement, Muhith highlighted the policies framed and progress achieved by the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a bid to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He said Bangladesh has attained notable successes in education, sanitation facilities and other basic areas of the people's life. Mentioning that Bangladesh has attained GDP growth rate of over 6 per cent on a consistent basis over the last few years, the finance minister said the GDP growth rate is now over 7 per cent.

He said Bangladesh has been implementing one of the world's biggest social safety net programmes with its own fund prioritizing on the women, aged and physically challenged people.

Muhith is leading the Bangladesh delegation at the 3rd Forum of FFD which is expected to end on April 26.