Published on 11:00 AM, December 10, 2016

US envoy for religious freedom to visit Bangladesh

David Saperstein. Photo taken from the US Department of State website.

US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein will visit Bangladesh this week.

The US State Department in a statement said the US envoy will discuss religious freedom with government officials, civil society representatives, and a range of leaders representing both majority and minority religious communities in India and Bangladesh from December 11-22.

Ambassador Saperstein will visit New Delhi, Bangalore, and Mumbai, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh, it said.