India, March 18 -- Bangladesh has rejected US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard's remarks on the "persecution and killing" of Hindus and religious minorities in the country, saying such comments are baseless and not based on evidence.

The strong reaction from Dhaka to the remarks made by Gabbard in an interview with an Indian television channel on Monday also reflected the strains in relations between the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and the Donald Trump administration in the US.

Gabbard said in an interview with NDTV that the persecution and killing of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh is a concern for the Trump administration. Her remarks appeared to conflate the situation in Bang...