US State Department
US assistance to Rab ended in 2018 for gross human rights violations
In response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent comment that it was the US that created and trained Rapid Action Battalion, the US State Department said it had ended assistance to the Rab in 2018 based on credible information of gross human rights violations.
No scope to repeal sanctions on Rab without concrete actions: US Ambassador
There is no scope for repealing the sanctions against Rab, without concrete actions and accountability, United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas said today.
Standard of US human rights report on Bangladesh questionable: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has questioned the quality of the US human rights report on Bangladesh, noting that Bangladeshi officials at the US Embassy in Dhaka prepare the initial draft collecting information from media reports and some NGOs.
Tendency to impose values of some countries, like LGBT rights, regrettable: Dhaka on US human rights report
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said the government will ask for explanation from the US side on the recently published human rights report, noting that there are fundamental flaws in it.
Bangladesh criticises US human rights report; points out misinformation
The government today criticised the US report on Bangladesh's human rights practices that contained some "misinformation" collected primarily from the "anti-government propaganda machines".
Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses
Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
Yemenis, Iranians sue US State Department over visa processing
Dozens of Yemenis and Iranians who won the chance to immigrate to the United States sue the US State Department for not processing their visa applications after President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban is reinstated.
Bangladesh saw rise in attacks
The US state department has said although the number of terrorist attacks around the world declined last year, terror incidents went up significantly in Bangladesh.
Terrorist attacks rise in Bangladesh in 2015: US report
Terrorist attacks and the total number of deaths increased in Bangladesh in 2015, according to the US State Department.
US assistance to Rab ended in 2018 for gross human rights violations
In response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent comment that it was the US that created and trained Rapid Action Battalion, the US State Department said it had ended assistance to the Rab in 2018 based on credible information of gross human rights violations.
No scope to repeal sanctions on Rab without concrete actions: US Ambassador
There is no scope for repealing the sanctions against Rab, without concrete actions and accountability, United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas said today.
Standard of US human rights report on Bangladesh questionable: Momen
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has questioned the quality of the US human rights report on Bangladesh, noting that Bangladeshi officials at the US Embassy in Dhaka prepare the initial draft collecting information from media reports and some NGOs.
Tendency to impose values of some countries, like LGBT rights, regrettable: Dhaka on US human rights report
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said the government will ask for explanation from the US side on the recently published human rights report, noting that there are fundamental flaws in it.
Bangladesh criticises US human rights report; points out misinformation
The government today criticised the US report on Bangladesh's human rights practices that contained some "misinformation" collected primarily from the "anti-government propaganda machines".
Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses
Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
Yemenis, Iranians sue US State Department over visa processing
Dozens of Yemenis and Iranians who won the chance to immigrate to the United States sue the US State Department for not processing their visa applications after President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban is reinstated.
Bangladesh saw rise in attacks
The US state department has said although the number of terrorist attacks around the world declined last year, terror incidents went up significantly in Bangladesh.
Terrorist attacks rise in Bangladesh in 2015: US report
Terrorist attacks and the total number of deaths increased in Bangladesh in 2015, according to the US State Department.
Assange gets new company
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadorean embassy for almost four years, has gained a new companion - a pet kitten.