Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has underlined US Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on “persecution, killing and abuse of religious minorities in Bangladesh being a concern for her government” as “a serious statement”. On Tuesday, he said the interim government had already responded to her statement. In response to comments made by the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Chief Advisor’s Office (CAO) expressed deep concern, saying the comments were "not based on evidence”. In a statement on Monday night, the CAO said Gabbard's comments were not based on any evidence or specific allegations that paint an entire nation with a broad and unjustified brush. “This statement is both misleading and damaging to the image and reputation of Bangladesh.”Touhid’s colleague in the advisory council, Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed, said there would be "no problem" in economic relations between the two countries over Gabbard's remarks about "religious minorities being persecuted in Bangladesh and the US's concern over it”.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2025 16:11 UTC