<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas returned to Dhaka on Monday after a holiday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He reached Dhaka on a regular flight of SriLankan Airlines at 11:50 am, a source at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said.</div><div><br></div><div>It could not be known immediately whether the US ambassador returned from Colombo or whether that was his transit point.</div><div><br></div><div>According to media reports, Haas went on vacation and left Dhaka on November 16 for Colombo, Sri Lanka.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid rumors about his departure from Dhaka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is a diplomatic procedure to inform the host country through diplomatic channels when any ambassador or high commissioner leaves station, which the ministry does not make public.</div><div><br></div><div>“It was not supposed to be shared publicly,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin told reporters when her attention was drawn to US Ambassador Peter Haas leaving Dhaka. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>