Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had a brief discussion about Bangladesh with newly-appointed Secretary of State of the United States Marco Rubio on 22 January.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Saturday suspended its funding to the Muhammed Yunus-led interim Bangladesh government after President Donald Trump suspended all foreign aid for 90 days.

If completed, the Argent LNG project in Port Fourchon could supply cargoes to Petrobangla, Bangladesh's state-owned company.

The United States is the largest single donor of aid globally - in fiscal year 2023, it disbursed $72 billion in assistance

This action comes in compliance with an executive order signed by Trump on January 20, which temporarily halts all U.S. foreign aid for a period of 90 days.

The latest move comes as the US government, through its donor agency USAID, announced the immediate cessation of all work in Bangladesh, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other procurement instruments.

The Bangladesh government has extended its best wishes to Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, on his inauguration day, reiterating its hope to work in "opening new avenues" of cooperation.

The tension between President Donald Trump and Mohammad Yunus escalated in 2016 when Yunus donated USD 300,000 to the Hillary Clinton Foundation.

Exiled Bangladeshi official warns against Islamic extremism, questions legitimacy of interim government under Nobel laureate Prof. Yunus.

The move comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in this regard. Trump has taken several bold and sweeping decisions as he signed more than 80 executive orders after taking over as the 47th president of the US on January 20.

How will Bangladesh be impacted by Trump's decisions? The Business Standard spoke to four experts — an economist, a public health expert, a former diplomat and a climate change expert — to find out

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country's institutions.