Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- After graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, Bangladesh will encounter major challenges in its export-driven economic development, economists have warned.

They stressed that without addressing the country's high import tariff structure, further progress will be difficult.

These observations were made on Monday during a discussion at the Conference on Recommendations by the Taskforce on Restrategising the Economy, organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Experts cautioned that import liberalisation must be carefully planned, ensuring that institutional capacity is strengthened beforehand.

CPD's Distinguished Fellow, Dr Mustafizur Rahman, highlighted contrasting examples of import liberalisatio...