By Kevin McCauley
Cassidy & Associates is working for the Institute for U.S.-Bangladesh Relations (Leesburg, Va.) to improve the relationship between the two nations.
Bangladesh has been rocked this month by clashes between riot police and investors upset with the big price declines at Dhaka Stock Exchange.
The Muslim country, which bills itself as the "undiscovered gem of Asia," is eager to offset the drop in remittances by Bangladeshis abroad.
Perched between China and Pakistan, Bangladesh woos U.S. businesses by touting its strategic location, low-cost workforce and expanding information technology sector.
Cassidy's COO Gregg Hartley is working the Institute's business. He is assisted by senior VP Mark Clack, a veteran of Sen. Ben Cardin's (D-Md.) staff, and Molly Mark, who worked for former Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.).
Cassidy had worked for Pakistan, which Bangladesh split from in 1971 after a bloody civil war, until last January.
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