Statement on the Sixth Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide
Today marks six years since the Burma military’s brutal campaign of violence, rape, and murder against Rohingya men, women, and children. Read More»
Under Secretary Uzra Zeya’s Press Availability Following Her Meetings with Government of Bangladesh Officials
Thank you, Foreign Secretary Momen, for your kind hospitality. I was pleased to meet today with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Law Minister Anisul Huq, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and Foreign Secretary Masud bin Momen to discuss the excellent partnership our two nations have built over the last five decades. Read More»
United States to Provide Additional Humanitarian Assistance to People in Burma, Bangladesh, and the Region
Today, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya met with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and announced more than $74 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance to support humanitarian responses in the region, including nearly $61 million to support Rohingya internally displaced in Burma as well as Rohingya refugees and their ... Read More»
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya Travels to India and Bangladesh
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya will travel to India and Bangladesh July 8-14, 2023. Read More»
State Department’s Counselor Derek Chollet & Interagency Delegation Visit Bangladesh to Demonstrate Continued Support for U.S.-BD Partnershi
Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Derek Chollet and Counselor of USAID - US Agency for International Development Clinton White traveled to Dhaka February 14-15 to meet with senior government officials, civil society members, and representatives from humanitarian organizations. Read More»
Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Chollet’s Travel to Bangladesh and Pakistan
Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Derek Chollet will lead a U.S. delegation to Bangladesh and Pakistan February 14-18 to meet with senior government officials, civil society members, and business leaders to highlight the importance of our bilateral partnership and reaffirm our countries’ shared goals. Read More»
United States Announces More Than $170 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for the Rakhine State/Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The United States today announced more than $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya inside and outside Burma, as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. Read More»
U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas Meets with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas met today with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. They highlighted the shared achievements over the 50 years of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Bangladesh and discussed ways to deepen the partnership between the two countries. Read More»
Message for U.S. Citizens: Sept. 11 Anniversary – Personal Safety Reminder – U.S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh
Location: Bangladesh As we approach the 21st anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Embassy would like to remind all U.S. citizens residing in Bangladesh to continue practicing good personal security precautions. Please recall that Bangladesh is currently under a Level 2 Travel Advisory, meaning that travelers should exercise increased caution, due to ... Read More»
Marking Five Years Since the Genocide in Burma
Five years ago, Burma’s military launched a brutal campaign against Rohingya – razing villages, raping, torturing, and perpetrating large-scale violence that killed thousands of Rohingya men, women, and children. Read More»
Rohingya Crisis – Five Years On: Joint Statement by Embassies and High Commissions in Dhaka
Today, five years on, we reflect on the horrific events of August and September 2017 that forced around 800,000 Rohingya to flee from their homes in Myanmar to seek refuge in Bangladesh. Read More»
Secretary Blinken’s Statement on Bangladesh National Day
On behalf of the Government of the United States, I warmly congratulate the people of Bangladesh on the celebration of the 51st anniversary of your independence. Read More»
2021 Investment Climate Statements
Buoyed by a young workforce and a growing consumer base, Bangladesh has enjoyed consistent annual GDP growth of more than six percent over the past decade, with the exception of the COVID-induced economic slowdown in 2020. Read More»
United States Again Delivers Emergency Medical Supplies to Bangladesh to Combat Covid-19
Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered to Bangladesh its most recent shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and meet the urgent health needs of the Bangladeshi people. Read More»
2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bangladesh
The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions. Read More»
U.S. Climate Envoy Visit Underscores Cooperation on Climate Leadership
Special Presidential Envoy Kerry met with Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, other senior Government of Bangladesh leaders, and international partners ahead of President Biden’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate on April 22-23. Read More»
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of State will release an addendum to this report in mid 2021 that expands the subsection on Women in Section 6 to include a broader range of issues related to reproductive rights. Bangladesh’s constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government in which most power resides in the Office of the ... Read More»
The United States Provides Ventilators to Bangladesh to Respond to COVID-19
The United States Government, through U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has delivered 100 pledged state-of-the-art ventilators to Bangladesh to assist its fight against COVID-19. Read More»
Ambassador Miller Launches E-Mentoring Platform for Doctors to Treat COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Platform will provide online learning and mentoring for nearly 4,000 local doctors by connecting them with national professors of medicine at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and U.S. experts at the University of Michigan’s Internal Medicine Residency Program and Center for Global Health Equity. Read More»
Deputy Secretary Biegun’s Visit to Bangladesh
During his October 14-16 trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun met with senior Bangladesh government officials to advance the United States-Bangladesh partnership on a range of bilateral initiatives. Read More»
Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun
I am pleased to be here to celebrate yet the latest chapter of cooperation between the United States and Bangladesh, a relationship that dates back many decades and has bound the Bangladeshi people and the American people most closely together over these many years. Read More»
Deputy Secretary Biegun’s Travel to India and Bangladesh
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will travel to India and Bangladesh October 12-16. Read More»
Readout of Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper’s Phone Call with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper spoke with Bangladesh Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hasina over the phone today on September 11, 2020. Read More»
United States Continues to Call for Justice and Accountability in Burma
Three years after Burma's security forces launched brutal attacks against hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women, and children, most of whom are Muslim, in response to attacks by militants on security posts in northern Rakhine State. Read More»
U.S. Embassy Provides COVID-19 Response Equipment to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Security Division
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Security Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts. Read More»
Bangladesh Flood Victims to Receive Emergency Assistance from U.S. Government
As floods spread across Bangladesh, the U.S. government is providing relief assistance, which builds on more than $7 billion in development assistance to Bangladesh since 1971. Read More»
U.S. Embassy Provides Covid-19 Response Equipment to Bangladesh Armed Forces Division in Sixth Handover
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Armed Forces Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts. Read More»
United States Government Provides $7 Million in Food Assistance to Help Urban Poor in Dhaka Cope with COVID-19 Challenges
Funding is part of the over $43.4 million in U.S. government assistance to date to support Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts and builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance to Bangladesh over the past 20 years. Read More»
Secretary Pompeo’s Call with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Momen
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke today with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen to reaffirm the importance of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and discuss our continued cooperation to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More»
What Still Needs to Happen to Win the Fight Against Human Trafficking
In late 2019, we learned of the harrowing plight of Suma Akter, a Bangladeshi woman in Saudi Arabia who secretly recorded and shared on social media her story of abuse and exploitation abroad. Read More»
U.S. Embassy Provides COVID-19 Response Equipment to Bangladesh Customs Department
U.S. Embassy Dhaka coordinated with the National Board of Revenue to distribute COVID-19 personal protective equipment to the Customs Department. Read More»
Ambassador Miller’s Remarks at COVID-19 Doctors Training; New USAID Funding Announcement
Assalamualaikum, suvechha sobaike and a very good morning. Read More»
The U.S. Govt. Delivers More Than $173 Million in New Funding to Support Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Response
Funding builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance to Bangladesh over the past 20 years and includes funding to support food assistance to urban poor living in Dhaka. Read More»
Digital Briefing with Ambassador Alice G. Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Hello, I would like to welcome journalists to today’s virtual press briefing with Ambassador Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. Read More»
UPDATE: The United States Continues to Lead the Global Response to COVID-19
Through the American people’s generosity and the U.S. Government’s action, the United States continues to demonstrate global leadership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More»
The United States Government Provides Over $22 Million for Fighting COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Funding builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance to Bangladesh over the past 20 years, and includes funding for the free, online COVID-19 training course for doctors across Bangladesh inaugurated via a virtual ceremony today. Read More»
Ambassador Miller Shares a Special Message on Bangladesh’s 49th Independence Day
On behalf of the people of the United States of America, I wish to congratulate the people of Bangladesh on your 49th anniversary of independence. I also extend my best wishes as you commemorate the centennial of the birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, “Father of the Nation,” ahead of your 2021 Golden Jubilee. Read More»
United States, United Kingdom, and Bangladesh Special Operations Exchange
The first of its kind trilateral military exchange took place February 16 – March 12 aimed at improving joint interoperability in responding to security threats and crisis situations in the region through the exchange of techniques, ideas, and practices. DHAKA, March 10, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador Earl Miller and Bangladesh Navy Rear Admiral Mohammed Shaheen ... Read More»
Ambassador Miller’s Press Statement Announcing JRP 2020 Funding
March 4, 2020 As-salamu Alaykum. Thank you all for being here. Yesterday in Geneva, at the launch of the 2020 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the United States announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh, and internally displaced Rohingya and members of ... Read More»
United States Announces New Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Rohingya and Members of Other Affected Communities in Bangladesh and Burma
On March 3, the United States announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and members of other affected communities in Burma. Read More»
U.S. Embassy Partners with Border Guards Bangladesh K-9 Units in Support of Bangladesh’s National Security
From January 26 - February 6, U.S. Embassy Dhaka held a Veterinary Subject Matter Expert Exchange seminar with the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), Chittagong focused on preventive medicine and trauma care for BGB working dogs and their handlers. Read More»
United States, United Kingdom, and Bangladesh Launch Legal Manual To Build Bridge between Government and Civil Society
“The Legal Manual for Civil Society Organizations in Bangladesh” will empower civil society organizations to operate more effectively in Bangladesh. Read More»
Deputy Chief of Mission Wagner Starts Program to Strengthen Agricultural Trade with Bangladesh
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission JoAnne Wagner announced on February 2 an agricultural trade program for Bangladesh to increase access to U.S. agricultural products. Read More»
U.S. Arts Envoy Beatboxers Visit Bangladesh December 16-23, Judge and Perform at the National Beatbox Championship, and Provide Training
The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka brought three world-renowned U.S. Arts Envoy beatboxers to Bangladesh to engage the public on the art of vocal percussion through community outreach, masterclasses, and media appearances December 16-23. The Envoy beatboxers from the Beatbox House in New York – Gene Shinozaki, NaPoM (Neil Meadows), and Bangladeshi-American Amit Bhomick– judged and ... Read More»
Special Briefing: Senior State Department Official on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Special Briefing Office of the Spokesperson Press Correspondents Room Washington, D.C. November 15, 2019. We spent about three days in Myanmar, in Burma. I met with senior government leaders in Nay Pyi Taw, including State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi. I traveled to an internally displaced personnel camp in the Rakhine State and heard directly ... Read More»
MEDIA NOTE: Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells Travels to Thailand and Bangladesh
Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to Thailand and Bangladesh, November 1-7. Read More»
Statement of Alice G. Wells, Acting Asst. Secretary, Bureau of SCA, Before The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia & The Pacific
South Asia is a cornerstone of the President’s initiative to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific in which all nations are independent, strong, and prosperous. Our support for human rights in those nations is a key component of the accountable governance required for the initiative to succeed and for the people of the region to ... Read More»
Winners for the 2019 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs is pleased to announce the four winners for the 2019 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). The winners will be presented with the award in a ceremony on October 31, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. EDT at the State Department. Read More»
Op-Ed by Ambassador Earl R. Miller in Observance of U.S. Labor Day
From Michigan to Bangladesh and Everywhere in Between, Labor Matters By U.S. Ambassador Earl R Miller I grew up in the labor movement. I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, a city so famous for producing automobiles it was called “Vehicle City.” As the capital of the U.S. automobile industry my home state ... Read More»
Joint Statement on U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue
Embassy of the United States of America Public Affairs Section Tel: 880-2-55662000 Fax: 880-2-9881677, 9885688 E-mail: DhakaMediaRequests@state.gov Website: bd.usembassy.gov Joint Statement on U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue DHAKA, JUNE 12 – The United States and Bangladesh convened the 7th U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue on June 10, 2019, in Washington D.C. The meeting was co-chaired by Bangladesh Foreign Secretary ... Read More»
Travel Advisory – U. S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh
Travel Advisory – U. S. Embassy Dhaka, Bangladesh (April 10, 2019) Exercise increased caution in Bangladesh due to crime and terrorism. Some areas have increased risk. Reconsider Travel to: Dhaka due to crime and terrorism. Southeast Bangladesh, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts, due to crime, terrorism, and kidnapping. Violent crime, such as armed robbery, assault, and rape, is widespread. Terrorist groups continue ... Read More»
Bangladesh Human Rights Report 2018
Bangladesh’s constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government, but in fact, most power resides in the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party won a third consecutive five-year term in an improbably lopsided December parliamentary election that was not considered free and fair, and was marred by ... Read More»
Upcoming Election in Bangladesh
The United States is disappointed by the Government of Bangladesh’s inability to grant credentials and issue visas within the timeframe necessary to conduct a credible international monitoring mission to the majority of international election monitors from the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), which the United States funded through the National Democratic Institute. Read More»
World Refugee Day
Today is World Refugee Day, which provides an opportunity to reflect on the suffering of displaced people and what we can do to provide them safety as well as to prevent future displacement. On this year’s World Refugee Day, Bangladesh stands out as a beacon of hope and inspiration. Bangladesh has saved the lives of ... Read More»
U.S. Embassy Dhaka Closed On June 13 And June 17 In Observance Of Shab-E-Quadr And Eid-Ul-Fitr
U.S. EMBASSY DHAKA CLOSED ON JUNE 13 AND JUNE 17 IN OBSERVANCE OF SHAB-E-QUADR AND EID-UL-FITR Read More»
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Releases Annual Human Rights Report
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 2 p.m. EDT on April 13, 2016, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State. Read More»
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