Dhaka, March 8 -- Strategic considerations, geopolitical factors and a genuine willingness to broaden ties in new areas will drive forward the Bangladesh-US relations to the next level leaving behind pre-election political differences between the two countries, experts opine viewing post-polls relations.

"Both countries have long and old ties in every aspect of statecraft and bilateral relations. The new chapter denotes that these two countries would deepen their engagement beyond the much-debated political differences," Prof Shahab Enam Khan of Jahangirnagar University's Department of International Relations told UNB this week.

A senior US government delegation visited Bangladesh last week with an agenda that included strengthening dip...