US monitoring Bangladeshis push for constitutional changes

The US State Department on Tuesday acknowledged Bangladesh's Attorney General Mohammad Asaduzzaman's call for removing secularism from the country's Constitution, with spokesperson Matthew Miller responding to a question on the matter during a press briefing.

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This comes amid rising tensions following attacks on religious minorities in Chittagong. US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, "I'll take that back and see if we have anything to say about it," in response to a question on Bangladesh's Attorney General Mohammad Asaduzzaman advocating the removal of the word "secular" from the Constitution. However, the United States did clarify its stance against government involvement in violent crackdowns on peaceful protests in Bangladesh. This statement follows clashes in Chittagong between members of the Hi