NEW YORK: US blacklisted the banned militant outfit The Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) and said the country kept a distance from transnational terrorism.

These was reveled in US Department of State’s (DoS) “Country Reports on Terrorism 2013” The DoS’ Bureau of Counter Terrorism submitted the report to the Congress on Wednesday.

The report says, “Bangladesh, an influential counterterrorism partner in the region, continued to make strides against international terrorism.”

It adds, “The government’s ongoing counterterrorism efforts have made it more difficult for transnational terrorists to operate in or use Bangladeshi territory, and there were no major terrorist incidents in Bangladesh in 2013.”

The USA and Bangladesh signed a Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative on October 22, 2013, to enhance bilateral cooperation, according to the report.

BDST: 1023 HRS MAY 02, 2014