The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Former US Ambassador to Bangladesh Howard B Schaffer arrived Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.

Ambassador Schaffer arrived at the invitation of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) to attend a talk on "Looking to 2009: Crucial Choices for the New American Administration" which will be organised by BEI at the BEI conference room at Gulshan in the city this afternoon.

Schaffer, now Deputy Director and Director of Studies at Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC, will be the keynote speaker at the talk.

Howard Schaffer was the US Ambassador to Bangladesh from 1984 to 1987.

Meanwhile, former US Ambassador to Bangladesh Howard Schaffer yesterday called on Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at the latter's office at Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Later, Dr Iftekhar said Ambassador Schaffer is a close friend of Bangladesh and was very much interested about the South Asia region.