Dhaka, March 17 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain confirmed on Monday that Bangladesh will not request an extension for its graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, as the nation has met key eligibility criteria.
"The transition deadline should not be delayed," he said at a programme titled "Importance and Potential of Bangladesh Cotton Cultivation to Save Foreign Exchange," held at the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) auditorium in the capital.
The adviser hoped that businessmen would start preparations once an additional three years were given after graduation.
But, Hossain said, both the previous government and businessmen had failed to make adequate preparations for the transition.
Hossain mentioned that the go...