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Download PDF The US and the UK yesterday said they are closely monitoring the current situation in Bangladesh and called for restraint from all sides concerned.
Their reaction came following last three days’ violent protests across the country resulted in indefinite curfew, a fallout of manhandling a Dhaka University student by an army soldier on the campus.
A US state department spokesperson in Washington, D.C. said, “The US Embassy in Dhaka expresses sympathy to all those injured in the unrest and the embassy is also monitoring the situation closely”.
Replying to a question at a press briefing, Gonzalo R Gallegos, director at the state department’s Office of Press Relations, said, “Well, you know, we continue to expect and encourage the caretaker government in Bangladesh to uphold due process, the rule of law, and respect for human rights during their state of emergency. We continue to urge them publicly and privately to support these principles”.
Meanwhile, a British High Commission spokesman in Dhaka said, “We urge restraint from all sides in reaching a peaceful conclusion and a situation in which the curfew can be lifted at the earliest opportunity”.
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