Afreen Akhter to become first US official to visit Dhaka since Jan 7 polls
US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter will arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit on February 24, diplomatic sources confirmed today.
It will be the first visit by any US official after the January 7 elections.
The visit is aimed at taking forward the bilateral relations that saw strains over the last two years as Washington imposed sanctions against Rab and did not invite Bangladesh to Biden's Summit for Democracy in 2021 and 2023.