Bangladesh has become eligible for LDC graduation at the triennial review of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held in March 2018 by meeting the thresholds for graduation: Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, the Human Assets Index (HAI) and the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI). Bangladesh has been able to satisfy all the three graduation criteria and that also with significant comfort margins.

People across the country yesterday celebrated Bangladesh becoming eligible for graduating to Developing Country by bringing out

Giving credit to people for meeting the eligibility criteria for Bangladesh's graduation to a developing country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the people can achieve anything. “It is an achievement of the people of Bangladesh. I think the country's people are the main source of all power. They can achieve anything,” she said.

In an inspirational show of unity and joy, the people from all walks of life have had a unique opportunity to celebrate the country's historic achievement of getting eligibility for graduating to a developing country.

There are challenges to the graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status for Bangladesh, however there are possibilities as well, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith says.

The issues of good governance, continuation of the democratic process and political stability are the main challenges for Bangladesh to graduate from the least-developed country (LDC) bracket, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Chairman Rehman Sobhan says.