The inaugural event brought together national leaders in governance, diplomacy, economic development, and youth empowerment to shape Bangladesh’s future
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed speaking virtually at an event in the capital on 19 April 2025. Photo: TBS
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Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed speaking virtually at an event in the capital on 19 April 2025. Photo: TBS
The overall progress and achievement of Bangladesh’s economy are satisfactory, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed today (19 April).
He said, “Bangladesh has struggled for more than 53 years, and we have faced different challenges at different periods. But despite all the challenges, we have achieved remarkable progress, which I might say are milestones.
“We have already graduated from lower-middle-income country status and are currently on the way to graduate from Least Developed Country status to developing country.”
The adviser made the remarks at a programme, titled “Empowering Bangladesh: Pathways to Leadership, Unity, and Growth”, at North South University this morning.
The inaugural event brought together national leaders in governance, diplomacy, economic development, and youth empowerment to shape Bangladesh’s future.
Salehuddin said, “Bangladesh’s progress has been possible due to the efforts of successive governments and the people. And no particular government can take credit for that.”
“Immediately, after we took over, we faced challenges on the political and economic fronts, along with the administration and the law and order situation. We are working to address these challenges,” he added.
“The political challenge is still there. A free and fair election has to be held, and that is what we are working on,” the finance adviser further said.
He said, “We possibly cannot reform all the things within a short period of time. We are kind of a transitional government, but we’ll initiate some good reforms in the interest of the people so that we can give a footprint which the political government can follow.”
“We are trying to bring reforms during our short term. In the long term, the legal reform and other things will be done by the political government,” Salehuddin added.
“The youths are in fact the reservoir of our manpower, and if we orient them to technology, skills, education and modern techniques, it will definitely benefit Bangladesh,” he also said.