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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 July, 2021 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, News, Reports, South & Central Asia | Tags: Bangladesh, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Business, Investment
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 7 June, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Health Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, USAID
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 16 May, 2021 | Topics: News, Reports, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Religious Freedom
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 9 April, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Climate Envoy, John Kerry, Leaders Summit on Climate, U.S. & BD
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 31 March, 2021 | Topics: News, Reports | Tags: Bangladesh, Human Rights Reports
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 November, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Health Assistance, U.S. & BD, USAID, Ventilator
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 October, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, U.S. & BD
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 16 October, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Deputy Secretary Biegun, Deputy Secretary of State, Humanitarian Aid, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 October, 2020 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Press Releases, South & Central Asia, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Deputy Secretary Biegun, Deputy Secretary of State, free and open indo-pacific, Office of the Spokesperson, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will travel to India and Bangladesh October 12-16.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 9 October, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. & BD
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 11 September, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Defense Secretary, Department of Defense, Indo-Pacific, U.S., U.S. & BD
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 August, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya Refugees, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Security Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 24 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Diplomatic Security Division, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, USAID
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 24 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Disaster Management and Relief, Disaster Response, FLOOD, Foreign Assistance, natural disasters, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, us assistance, USAID
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Armed Forces Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bangladesh Armed Forces, civil defense, COVID-19, fire service, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Indo-Pacific, Ministry of Health and Family, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, U.S. Military, USAID
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, BRAC, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, USAID, World Food Programme
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 June, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Foreign Minister, Office of the Spokesperson, U.S. & BD
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Reports, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, AmbRichmond, Bangladesh, Human Trafficking, Op-Ed, TIP Report, Trafficking in Person, U.S. & BD, United States
U.S. Embassy Dhaka coordinated with the National Board of Revenue to distribute COVID-19 personal protective equipment to the Customs Department.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 17 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue, Chattogram, civil defense, coronavirus, COVID-19, fire service, Indo-Pacific, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, United States, USAID
Assalamualaikum, suvechha sobaike and a very good morning.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Directorate General of Health Services, economic growth, Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. & BD, USAID, USAID Mission Director
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Directorate General of Health Services, economic growth, Foreign Assistance, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, United States, Urban Living, us assistance, USAID
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 May, 2020 | Topics: News, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Alice Wells, Bangladesh, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, coronavirus, COVID-19, Indo-Pacific, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, u.s.Department of State, United States
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 19 May, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: and Migration, Bangladesh, Bureau of Population, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, COVID-19, Foreign Assistance, Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, PRM, Refugees, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, United States, us assistance
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 7 May, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health and Family, United States
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 26 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, BD Independence Day, United States
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 11 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Exchange, Indo-Pacific, military, security, United Kingdom, United States
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 4 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Humanitarian Assistance, JRP Funding, Myanmar, Rohingya, U.S. Funding, United States
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, United States, USAID
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 February, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bangladesh Police, BGB, counter violent extremism, trafficking, United States, Veterinary
“The Legal Manual for Civil Society Organizations in Bangladesh” will empower civil society organizations to operate more effectively in Bangladesh.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 February, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, Civil Society, DFID, Legal Manual
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 2 February, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Agricultural Trade, Bangladesh, DCM Wagner, U.S. agricultural products, USDA
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 December, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Art & Culture, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Amit Bhomick, Bangladesh, Gene Shinozaki, NaPoM, National Beatbox Championship, U.S. Arts Envoy
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 5 December, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Economic Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, China, Economic Affairs, Myanmar, Peace, security, Xinjiang
Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will travel to Thailand and Bangladesh, November 1-7.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 4 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia | Tags: Alice Wells, Bangladesh
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 28 October, 2019 | Topics: News, South & Central Asia | Tags: Alice Wells, Bangladesh, Indo-Pacific
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 28 October, 2019 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, News, South & Central Asia, Trade | Tags: Award for Corporate Excellence, Bangladesh, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, SECRETARY POMPEO, Women’s Economic Empowerment
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 2 September, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags: AmbMiller, Bangladesh, U.S. Labor Day, United States
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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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, Dialogue, Partnership
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 10 April, 2019 | Topics: Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages | Tags: Bangladesh, crime, risk, terrorism, Travel Advisory
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 14 March, 2019 | Topics: News, Reports | Tags: Bangladesh, Human Rights Reports
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 22 December, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, national election
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 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 June, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Rohingya Refugees, World Refugee Day
U.S. EMBASSY DHAKA CLOSED ON JUNE 13 AND JUNE 17 IN OBSERVANCE OF SHAB-E-QUADR AND EID-UL-FITR
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 14 June, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Eid UL Fitr, Holiday Notice
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 13 April, 2016 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Human Rights Reports, John Kerry
