Quality of US HR report on Bangladesh questionable: Minister

Saying that Bangladeshi officials at the US Embassy in Dhaka prepare the initial draft of the US human rights report on Bangladesh collecting information from media reports and some NGOs, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen questioned the quality of it.

The minister made the remarks while responding to questions from reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

He said: "Bangladesh has a solid and independent election commission and our democracy is very transparent. Election is like festival in the country."

Regarding NGO reports, he said:"NGOs always see negative things everywhere and there is another group of people who only seek asylum abroad and give a negative picture of the country to avail of advantage."

The government of Bangladesh is of the view that the tendency to impose values of other countries, like LGBT rights, same sex marriage etc., in the name of human rights violations are "regrettable and uncalled for."