Professor Dr Muhammads Yunus has friends in both parties, the relationship depends a lot on personal attachment. Prof Yunus is a global leader. So, whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the US election, there will be no challenge for our relationship," Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on Wednesday evening.
Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential elections will jack up the bilateral ties between Bangladesh and the US will reach to new height, "We have a very good relation with the US and it will further strengthen after Donald Trump's victory as both the governments are committed to straighten democracy" said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the CA while address briefing.
"We welcome him (Trump). We hope Bangladesh-US relations will be deepened and relations will reach a new height," responding to a question on Trump's victory, he said.
The Press Secretary said the US wants to see democracy practiced globally and the relations between the two countries will be strengthened.
Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were also present.
Asked about the pre-poll comments of Donald Trump on the minorities in Bangladesh, Alam said that Trump was probably misinformed.
He pointed out that 'highly exaggerated' reports on the minorities were being spread by certain quarters. Alam said they think he (Trump) was misinformed and hoped that he will know what the actual picture is.
The government is fully committed to ensure the rights of the minorities and has taken every possible measure for their protection, he mentioned.
During the recently ended Durga Puja festival many apprehended violence but it was celebrated peacefully amid due festivities, he noted.
Special app was created to monitor every puja mandap in the country, he said.
Citing media reports on the death of 9 minority people, he said that after thorough investigation it was found that most of the killing resulted from personal reasons.
There was no religious reason behind these killings, he added.
Responding to a question he said that the government is planning to conduct some reform in the education sector also.
On November 1, the Press Secretary said what Donald Trump thinks about the events in Bangladesh "does obviously matter", but stressed that their task in the government is to tell the truth.
On a separate occasion, he said the results of the US election will not pose any challenge for the relations between the two countries.
Prof Muhammad Yunus, as a global leader, has very good ties with senior leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties, he added.
On Thursday, Trump strongly condemned the "barbaric violence" against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are "getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos," he said while speaking as the chief at a debate competition in the capital.
Shafiqul Alam said Donald Trump's statement on minorities in Bangladesh is a completely domestic political issue, and lobbyists may have influenced this issue.
