<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">US President Joseph R Biden and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus have affirmed the close partnership between Washington and Dhaka, which is rooted in shared democratic values and strong people-to-people ties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">President Biden welcomed further engagement between the two governments and offered continued US support as Bangladesh implements its new reform agenda, said a White House statement after the two leaders met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US president congratulated Prof Yunus on his recent appointment as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prof Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser of the interim government on August 8 last after ousted Sheikh Hasina resigned to the President and fled the country in the face of a student-led mass uprising against her government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>