Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday laid emphasis on export diversification to boost earnings from the export and help grow the economy to achieve its development goals.

He mentioned value-added RMG, pharmaceutical products, plastic, leather, jute goods, shipbuilding and also skilled manpower as some of the areas of focus for export diversification.

The foreign minister said there was a lot of potential to increase agro products export including mangoes from Bangladesh.

He said Bangladesh has made tremendous progress over the last 15 years despite challenges from a multiple fronts including negative impacts of climate change.

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