Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Friday thanked United States (US) President Donald Trump for his decision to lower its reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi products from 35 percent to 20 percent.

Shafiqur Rahman also thanked the interim government led by Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus for the landmark trade deal with the US, reports BSS.

"Alhamdulillah, the high tax rate announced by the US on Bangladesh's export products has been reduced to 20 percent due to the effective initiatives of the Bangladesh government and the sincerity of the US government. For this, I thank President Donald Trump and Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus' government," he said in a post on his verified Facebook ID.

He hoped that in the...