<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep sadness over the devastation and loss of lives in a deadly wildfire in the Hawaiian island of Maui in the United States.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;“I am deeply saddened by the news of devastation and loss of lives caused by one of the deadliest wildfires across the Hawaiian island of Maui,” she said in a letter sent to US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister said, “On behalf of the government and the people of Bangladesh, I convey our deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and all those affected by this natural catastrophe.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said Bangladesh stands by with the government and people of America in this challenging time and expressed its solidarity with all the frontline responders engaged in the rescue operations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasina said their thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost their loved ones in this tragic incident.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, expressing his deep sadness over the loss of lives and destruction in the catastrophic wildfire in the Maui Island. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">bnbd24/kh</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div>