December 18, 2022 6:44 PM

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No lapse in the security of US Ambassador to Bangladesh: Home Minister

<span style="color: black;">Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said there was no lapse in the security of the US Ambassador Peter Haas when he visited the Shaheen Bagh area of Dhaka on Wednesday. Talking to the media in Dhaka on Sunday, Home Minister Kamal said that the police rushed to the spot immediately.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">Meanwhile, the US administration has expressed concern over the incident. US assistant secretary of Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, met Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Mohammad Imran to express concern of the US govt over the incident. He said that the US authorities have apprised the highest authorities of Bangladesh about the incident. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas had gone to meet Sanjida Islam, who is the coordinator of an organisation named 'Mayer Dak' on Wednesday. It is an organisation of the relatives of the people who allegedly are victims of 'enforced disappearances' in Bangladesh. Sanjida is the sister of an Sajedul Islam Sumon, a leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) who has remained traceless since 2013. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">The US Ambassador had to cut short his visit and hastily leave the house of Sanjida when some people belonging to another organisation 'Mayer Kanna' accosted him at that location. This organisation claims to represent the victims of the earlier regime headed by BNP leader Ziaur Rahman. </span><br />

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