The UK parliament in a report recognised Bangladesh's recent graduation into lower-income status as a “development success story in-the-making”, after many years of sustained economic growth.

The summary of the report, available on the website of the UK parliament states: “There was a lot of energy and confidence in the people we met, the projects we visited and the places we travelled through.”

The report, made public on May 21, also commended Bangladesh and its local communities for their efforts in embracing the Rohingyas, who fled violent ethnic cleansing campaign conducted by the Myanmar army.

Lauding the strategic partnership between the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID) and Brac, it identified the latter as “Bangladesh's homegrown development facility, now the biggest NGO in the world”.

Regarding Bangladesh's humanitarian efforts for the Rohingyas, the UK parliament urged “the UK government to continue and strengthen its efforts to persuade the international community fully to shoulder and share these responsibilities in line with the World Humanitarian Summit commitments to recognise the 'public good' that countries who host refugees provide for the world”.

Earlier this year, Asif Saleh, senior director of communications, strategy and empowerment at Brac, travelled to the UK to present evidence to the committee dealing with the report.

The summary of the report can be accessed in the publications section of the UK parliament website.