US offers help to Bangladesh in combating terrorism

The US on Sunday offered its expertise to Bangladesh in bolstering its counterterrorism capabilities following a string of terror attacks, including the Muslim- majority country’s worst terror attack on a cafe here that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners.

The US offer to was conveyed by Nisha Desai Biswal, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, during her meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque here soon after her arrival.

Biswal, Washington’s point person for South Asia, offered US expertise in building Bangladesh’s counterterrorism capabilities in the wake of the July 1 terror attack in Dhaka, BD News reported.

“Our commitment to Bangladesh remains as robust as ever,” Biswal said.

Her two-day visit comes a week after two recent terror attacks in the Muslim-majority country, including one on a cafe here and another at the country’s biggest Eid gathering at Sholakia in northern Kishoreganj district. Biswal would meet Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.