The United States will provide Bangladesh $40 million in food aid for supporting a schoolchildren-feeding program for the next three years and partly for distribution to the Sidr-affected people.
The US ambassador in Dhaka, James F Moriarty, made the announcement on Sunday, reiterating that Washington has emphasized the importance of democracy, development and denial of space to terrorists for the sake of amicable bilateral relations.
A $30 million component of the assistance is meant to benefit approximately 3,50,000 schoolchildren throughout the country by doling out a 75-gram packet of cookies for each student daily — one of the programs aimed at attaining universal primary education.
