Bangladesh must improve the law and order situation to make the foreign investors feel secure, Gilman said at a meeting with BNP Secretary General and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan at his secretariat office in the city.

Mannan Bhuiyan said there have been no major incidents of violence except for one or two minor problems and the government is trying its best to further improve the law and order.

Gilman, who formed the Bangladesh Caucus in the USA and has long been working to resolve problems on behalf of Bangladesh, has come here to see the incidents of 'repression on minorities', Bhuiyan told reporters after the meeting.

The LGRD minister told the former Congressman that the propaganda regarding the repression is totally false as people of all faiths are living in harmony.

During the meeting, Bhuiyan sought more US investment in Bangladesh, duty-free access of readymade garments to US market and job opportunities for Bangladeshi workers in the US.

He also sought financial and technological assistance for supply of arsenic-free water in different parts of the country.

Describing Gilman as a true friend of Bangladesh, Bhuiyan said Gilman wanted to know about the separation of judiciary and opposition's return to parliament.

Bhuiyan informed the former US Congressman that the government has taken effective steps to separate the judiciary.

About the opposition, he said they did not respond to the government's call for return to parliament.

The government invited the opposition to dialogues to pave the way for their return to parliament, but the main opposition has not yet responded positively, Bhuiyan said.