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US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Kara C. McDonald has shelved her planned visit to Bangladesh.
She wasscheduled to arrive for a three-day visit from February 7 to discuss labour rights issues.
A senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB that the visit has been called off.
However, there has been no official announcement regarding the visit - neither from the US side, nor from the Bangladesh side.
McDonald oversees the Bureau's work on Europe, South and Central Asia, and the Multilateral and Global Affairs teams.
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