DHAKA: US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal arrived Dhaka at 12:10pm Saturday on an official visit.

She will stay here for two or three days and will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni during the visit.

Nisha Desai will discuss global, regional, and bilateral priorities with Bangladesh officials and opposition political leaders.

The US GSP issue and the state of the ready-made garment industries are likely to figure in her discussions.

Nisha’s visit to Bangladesh comes in the background of rising political unrest over forming Bangladesh’s poll-time government.

It is her first visit to Bangladesh she replaced Robert Blake on October 21.

BDST: 1424 HRS, NOV 16, 2013
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