Rajshahi, June 16 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen visited Rajshahi on Tuesday to experience the region's renowned mangoes firsthand and learn about the district's mango industry, agricultural potential and local development initiatives.

The ambassador, accompanied by a four-member delegation, arrived at Shah Makhdum Airport in Rajshahi on a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the morning.

From the airport, the delegation travelled by road to the historic Baneshwar Mango Market in Puthia upazila before heading to the Bangladesh Police Academy.

At around 9 am, the US Ambassador visited Baneshwar Mango Market, one of the largest mango trading hubs in northern Bangladesh.

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