Highlighting tremendous success achieved over the last 15 years, Prime Minister's Adviser Salman F Rahman on Tuesday laid emphasis on joint efforts to address the challenges ahead to avoid the middle-income trap.

The national development discourse in Bangladesh often mistakenly considers graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category and becoming a middle-income country (MIC) as interchangeable. Senior-level policymakers continue to express their aspiration for the country to join the middle-income group by 2021, which marks the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina renews her firm resolve to clampdown on terrorism and militancy to ensure peace and security for the people, saying that her government won't allow any type of these social menaces.