– Even though bilateral ties between the United States and Bangladesh are wide ranging and have historical roots, recent steps taken by President Joe Biden’s administration have raised concerns in the South Asian nation.First, Bangladesh was not among the 111 countries invited to Biden’s high-profile virtual Summit for Democracy, held on December 9 and 10.Then on Friday, the US imposed human rights-related sanctions on Bangladesh’s elite paramilitary force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its current and former officials, accusing them of involvement in hundreds of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings since 2009.
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