As Bangladesh celebrates the golden jubilee of its independence, the country has achieved another important milestone in its pursuit of development.

At the second triennial review by the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations (UN-CDP) held during February 22-26, 2021, Bangladesh received the final recommendation to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category. The country has once again met all three criteria to graduate from the LDC group. These are per capita gross national income (GNI), human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability (EVI) index. Now, if everything goes well, Bangladesh will graduate in 2026.