Dhaka, July 3 -- The United States has expressed "full support" for Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's roadmap to rebuild state institutions and facilitate a democratic transition through free and fair elections, Acting US Ambassador to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson has said.

She paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the July Uprising at a US Independence Day event in Dhaka on Wednesday.

"We are on the eve of the anniversary of the student-led uprising last year, which through courage, commitment, and sacrifice, laid the foundation for the historic work that we are witnessing now to rebuild the state and to restore democracy," the envoy said.

"We honour the sacrifices of those who gave their lives last year," she added. "We fu...