Newly elected US President Donald Trump has made several bold decisions since taking office, one of which has significantly impacted India's neighboring countries—Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Under the "America First" agenda,

Awami League has announced a series of political programs, including a general strike and a nationwide blockade.

Stressing that US President Donald Trump's foreign policy is going to be staunchly transactional, American scholar Michael Kugelman anticipates a big shift in US-Bangladesh relations, from one focused on aid and assistance for development and reforms during the last months of Biden to one that will become much more governed by a what's-in-it-for-me and what's-in-it-for-America type of mindset.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had a brief discussion about Bangladesh with newly-appointed Secretary of State of the United States Marco Rubio on 22 January.

The Bangladesh government has extended its best wishes to Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, on his inauguration day, reiterating its hope to work in "opening new avenues" of cooperation.

The latest move comes as the US government, through its donor agency USAID, announced the immediate cessation of all work in Bangladesh, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other procurement instruments.

The move comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in this regard. Trump has taken several bold and sweeping decisions as he signed more than 80 executive orders after taking over as the 47th president of the US on January 20.

This action comes in compliance with an executive order signed by Trump on January 20, which temporarily halts all U.S. foreign aid for a period of 90 days.

Argent LNG LLC signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with the Government of Bangladesh for supply of up to 5 million tonnes/year (tpy) of LNG. Argent LNG aims to build and operate a mid-sized onshore LNG export project with up to 12 LNG trains with a combined capacity of 25 million tpy.

While Trump’s presidency presents significant challenges, it also offers opportunities for Bangladesh to strengthen its partnership with the US.

The Rudram is a series of supersonic and hypersonic air-to-surface ground attack and anti-radiation missiles in development by DRDO.

Washington said it would grant waivers to the freeze in some areas including emergency food assistance, according to a memo seen by Reuters. Bangladesh's government said in a statement that the U.S. had granted a waiver for emergency food aid to more than a million Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh.