Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Saturday said the results of the US election will not pose any challenge for the relations that the two countries maintain as Prof Muhammad Yunus as a global leader has very good ties with senior leaders of the both Democratic and Republican parties.
"He (Prof Yunus) has friends in both parties. The relationship depends a lot on personal attachment. Prof Yunus is a global leader. So, whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the US election, there will be no challenge for our relationship," he said while speaking as the chief at a debate competition in Dhaka.
The Press Secretary said Donald Trump's statement on minorities in Bangladesh is a completely domestic political issue and lobbyists may have influenced this issue.
Earlier on Thursday, Donald Trump, strongly condemned the “barbaric violence” against Hindus, Christians and other minorities who are “getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos.”
The shadow parliament was organised by Debate for Democracy on the impact of the US elections at the FDC in the capital.
Debate for Democracy Chairman Hassan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron presided over the event.
Kiron said that since Donald Trump mentioned his friendly relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before the US elections, the "fallen" government thinks it will be easy for them to return to Bangladeshi politics.
"If Trump is elected, they can try to rehabilitate themselves in politics by capitalising on Modi's relationship with him. But the students and people of this country will no longer accept the fallen dictatorship accused of genocide in Bangladeshi politics," he said.
State University of Bangladesh emerged victorious in the debate competition against the Green University of Bangladesh.
The judges of the competition were Professor Dr Tajul Islam Chowdhury Tuhin, Professor Dr AKM Mazharul Islam, DCAB President Nurul Islam Hasib, DCAB General Secretary Ashiqur Rahman Apu and Journalist Md. Atiqur Rahman.
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