Chattogram, Jan. 27 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen visited Chattogram Port to reinforce commercial cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties, according to the embassy's spokesperson Poornima Rai.

Rai said Ambassador Christensen joined Chattogram Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral S. M. Moniruzzaman and Secretary of Food Md. Firoz Sarker to mark the arrival of nearly 60,000 metric tons of high-quality US wheat.

This is part of a larger shipment exceeding 173,000 metric tons -nearly 115,000 metric tons of soft white from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and nearly 60,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat from Montana and Nebraska.

Taken together, these three shipments represent a critical supply of high protein nut...