Bangladesh eyes 'reset, reform, restart' after U.S. delegation visit

Washington pledges aid as caretaker government pushes toward elections

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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus arriving at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Aug. 8. Yunus is leading a caretaker government after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. © Reuters

FAISAL MAHMUD, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Bangladesh's new caretaker government has wrapped up its first key diplomatic meeting with a call to "reset, reform and restart" after a student-led uprising ousted longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last month.

Interim leader Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and other officials held talks in Dhaka on Sunday with a six-member delegation including Donald Lu, the U.S. government's assistant secretary for South Asia, and Brent Neiman, deputy undersecretary for international finance at the Department of the Treasury.

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