12 July 2016

News Story: U.S. offers support to bolster Bangladesh capacity in fighting militancy

DHAKA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States has expressed its keenness to support Bangladesh bolster its capacity in fighting terrorism and militancy.

In the wake of two terror attacks of earlier this month, visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal expressed her government's keenness to support Bangladesh while meeting Bangladesh high-ups in a meeting here on Sunday.

"We will continue our assistance in combating the global threat of terrorism that our countries both confront," she was quoted as saying in a press statement of the U.S. embassy here.

Read the full story at Xinhua


NOTE: The “Assistant Secretary Biswal Travel to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka” Link in the above was added by PacificSentinel for clarity & context.