<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Kara C. McDonald has shelved her planned visit to Bangladesh.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She was scheduled to arrive for a three-day visit from February 7 to discuss labour rights issues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB that the visit is not taking place now. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, there has been no official announcement regarding the visit - neither from the US side, nor from the Bangladesh side.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">McDonald oversees the Bureau’s work on Europe, South and Central Asia, and the Multilateral and Global Affairs teams. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>