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US envoy Miller visits Rajshahi

UNB, Dhaka :
US Ambassador Earl Miller visited Rajshahi to promote his country’s educational and cultural exchanges, economic engagement, and law enforcement cooperation in the region.
During his March 27-29 visit, he inaugurated the new American Corner at Varendra University – one of four in Bangladesh that function as extensions of the American Center in Dhaka.
Miller visited the Varendra Research
Museum to see work funded by three grants, totaling $193,000, for architectural and exhibition restoration and preservation through Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
He discussed US-funded ‘American English Radio Program’ and met youth leaders working on another US-funded programme to reduce violence among their peers.
Miller also awarded certificates to students participating in the State Department-funded English Access Microscholarship Program, which provides two-year English study and leadership skills to Bangladeshi students aged 13-17.