Foreign Minister Dipu Moni is going to meet US Acting Secretary of State William J Burns at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday.
Press Minister at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Swapan Kumar Saha confirmed it on Tuesday night.
"The minister is having a meeting with the lawyers of Bangladesh-India maritime boundary case today and she will meet the acting Secretary tomorrow," he said.
Moni will also meet Michael Delaney, Assistant US Trade Representative, the US negotiator on Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, Saha added.
Dhaka and Washington are at loggerheads over TICFA as the US administration is reluctant to have anymore negotiation on the issue.
Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the minister was expected to discuss issues including Grameen Bank.
The foreign minister on Sunday told reporters that concern of international community on Grameen Bank was 'baseless' and Bangladesh would engage with them wherever and whenever possible to remove their anxiety.
Meanwhile, Dhaka and Washington are going to hold first ever formal foreign secretary level talks on Sept 19 and 20, diplomatic sources said.
"Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes will lead the Bangladesh side while Undersecretary of the State Department Wendy Sherman will be his counterpart," said an official of the ministry.
Trade, development and security issues will dominate the meeting, he added.
Under the partnership agreement between Bangladesh and US, there will be foreign secretary level meeting every year where both the parties will discuss to take the relationship forward.
The agreement was signed when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Dhaka in May.
Before her visit, Sherman visited Dhaka and Bangladesh and US held first-ever security talks in April.
Press Minister at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington Swapan Kumar Saha confirmed it on Tuesday night.
"The minister is having a meeting with the lawyers of Bangladesh-India maritime boundary case today and she will meet the acting Secretary tomorrow," he said.
Moni will also meet Michael Delaney, Assistant US Trade Representative, the US negotiator on Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, Saha added.
Dhaka and Washington are at loggerheads over TICFA as the US administration is reluctant to have anymore negotiation on the issue.
Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the minister was expected to discuss issues including Grameen Bank.
The foreign minister on Sunday told reporters that concern of international community on Grameen Bank was 'baseless' and Bangladesh would engage with them wherever and whenever possible to remove their anxiety.
Meanwhile, Dhaka and Washington are going to hold first ever formal foreign secretary level talks on Sept 19 and 20, diplomatic sources said.
"Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes will lead the Bangladesh side while Undersecretary of the State Department Wendy Sherman will be his counterpart," said an official of the ministry.
Trade, development and security issues will dominate the meeting, he added.
Under the partnership agreement between Bangladesh and US, there will be foreign secretary level meeting every year where both the parties will discuss to take the relationship forward.
The agreement was signed when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Dhaka in May.
Before her visit, Sherman visited Dhaka and Bangladesh and US held first-ever security talks in April.
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