President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Alvaro Lario highly lauded Bangladesh for its highest performing portfolio in disbursement and utilisation of resources for the rural people with best practices in a number of areas.

Lario mentioned Bangladesh's remarkable achievements in food production, climate-smart agriculture, and including women and youth in rural enterprises.

He also referred to the impressive capacity utilisation of Bangladesh to implement its programmes and projects.

He shared his deep appreciation on Wednesday (7 Feb) during a ceremony organised for the presentation of Letter of Commission by Md Monirul Islam, ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy, accrediting him as the permanent representative to IFAD—a specialised Italy-based UN agency.