Dhaka, April 15 -- There is no going back for Bangladesh in its LDC graduation as the plane of status change has already taken off, a top-level meeting noted Tuesday and decided on measures to maximise its trade-economic benefits.

"One should keep it in mind that we are not on the ground--we are flying to the crew side. We were supposed to take off in 2024 but we got extra years due to the Covid," said special assistant to the Chief Adviser on finance Anisuzzaman Chowdhury in metaphorical terms after the meeting.

He was briefing the press on the review meeting on LDC graduation with Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus presiding, explaining why the country cannot defer the graduation now when it is on the cus...