Joy hopes BD to be higher middle-income country by 2019

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wajed Joy has expressed the hope that Bangladesh would become a higher middle-income economy by the end of the Awami League-led government’s current tenure (2019). In a Facebook post, Joy also thanked the government for its ‘hard work’ to turn Bangladesh into a lower-middle-income country. He wrote in his Facebook wall: “Bangladesh is no longer a poor country. It is now officially a middle-income country. Per capita income has more than doubled during the past 6 years of the AL government, poverty level almost halved, tremendous development has taken place in all socio-economic sectors.” Attributing the progress to the efforts of the government, he said, “All thanks to the hard work of our Awami League government.” The World Bank on Wednesday released revised indices which showed Bangladesh had become a lower-middle-income country. The next day, PM Hasina promised her government would do whatever was needed to see Bangladesh move to a higher pitch. “Bangladesh never wants to stay in the lower tier. It always wants to move higher. So we will do all that is needed to move higher.” She said the new target was to become a higher-middle-income economy in three years.
Reiterating his mother’s new target, Joy wrote: “We are just lower-middle-income now, but by the end of this current term of the Awami League we shall become a higher-middle-income country, well before our target of the year 2021.” His dreams are to continue reaching higher.
“Next target, a developed country by 2041!
Joy Bangla! Joy Bangabandhu!” he said, according to bdnews24.com.