IGP Benazir Ahmed will be able to travel to the United States to join a United Nations summit in New York
Sharif Mahmud, senior public relations officer at the home ministry confirmed.
“The six people, who were named in the government order on the trip, will travel to the US,” he said.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan will lead the delegation.
The two-day Chiefs of Police Summit is scheduled to start on August 31. The Bangladesh delegation is expected to leave for New York on August 30 and return home on September 3.
On December 10, 2021, Washington imposed sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and seven of its current and former officials, including the force's former head Benazir, citing ‘serious human rights violations’.
As Dhaka’s efforts have continued to get the sanctions withdrawn, Benazir's inclusion in the Bangladeshi contingent raised eyebrows as the sanctions would stop him from entering the country.
There is a “gentleman's agreement” under UN norms that will allow Benazir to attend the event, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said earlier.
