Dhaka, Aug. 10 -- Outside a Bronx mosque, where New York City police officer Didarul Islam was honoured last week, fellow officers in formal navy uniforms solemnly displayed a banner featuring his photograph and the emblem of the Bangladeshi American Police Association (BAPA).

Islam was among four people killed in the shooting on 28 July at the NFL's Manhattan headquarters, marking the first time a Bangladeshi American NYPD officer has died in the line of duty, reports AP.

His funeral highlighted the growing presence of the Bangladeshi community within the NYPD. Over 1,000 of the department's approximately 33,000 uniformed officers are Bangladeshi American, according to BAPA, with a further 1,500 of Bangladeshi descent working in civili...