Send back killer of Bangabandhu
Dhaka yesterday reiterated its call to Washington for immediate repatriation of a self-confessed killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and another convicted war criminal.
It also called for signing a bilateral extradition treaty agreeing to deport wanted criminals in each other's captivity.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam made the call when newly appointed US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat met him at the foreign ministry.
Meeting sources said Shahriar prominently discussed the issue of sending back Rashed Chowdhury, the self-confessed killer of Bangabandhu, and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, a convicted war criminal.
After an hour-long meeting, Bernicat told reporters that the relations between the US and Bangladesh are so broad that there are lot of things to talk about.
"We had a very useful conversation," she said. The US envoy, however, did not take any question but hoped that she would meet the press soon.
At the meeting, Shahriar and Bernicat also discussed the current political situation and violence across the country, meeting sources said.
A foreign ministry press release said the US envoy highly appreciated Bangladesh's tremendous advancement in the socioeconomic area.
She expected that the relations between the two countries would be strengthened further.
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