Biden-Yunus meet in New York: US, Bangladesh affirm ‘shut partnership’

US President Joe Biden and Bangladesh‘s interim authorities chief Mohammed Yunus on Wednesday affirmed a “shut partnership” between the 2 international locations including that the US would proceed to help Bangladesh.
“Each leaders affirmed the shut partnership between america and Bangladesh, which is rooted in shared democratic values and powerful people-to-people ties.President Biden welcomed additional engagement between the 2 governments and supplied continued US help as Bangladesh implements its new reform agenda,” a White Home assertion stated.
This assembly marks the primary time a US President has met with a head of the Bangladesh authorities on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting, in line with a press launch from the Bangladesh.
“President Biden expressed US authorities’s full help for Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus and his authorities as they met on the margin of the UNGA,” Yunus stated.

Yunus briefed President Biden on the scenario in Bangladesh, highlighting the coed protests saying how they stood up in opposition to the “tyranny of the earlier authorities” and sacrificed their lives to assist rebuild the nation.
Moreover, Yunus introduced Biden with a replica of the ebook The Artwork of Triumph, which options wall work created by college students in the course of the rebellion.
Upon his arrival on the official lodge in New York for the 79th United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) session, Bangladesh’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus confronted protests from demonstrators chanting “return.”
The protesters voiced their opposition to Yunus over alleged assaults on minorities in Bangladesh, calling out slogans resembling “return, step down, step down, step down.” In addition they held up posters declaring “Sheikh Hasina our prime minister.”