Dhaka, Jan. 10 -- Bangladesh's National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman met with Allison Hooker, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Paul Kapur, Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department in Washington DC on Friday. During the meetings, they discussed upcoming elections in Bangladesh, economic and trade relations, Rohingya issue, and regional matters, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Press Wing said in a statement on Saturday.

Rahman underscored the prospects of increased trade between the two countries following substantially enhanced Bangladeshi import of American farm products. He requested Hooker to ease travel of Bangladeshi businessmen to US in the context the of the recent visa bond, and if possible, to exempt ...