Bangladeshi diplomats have discussed with US officials in Washington the case of Quazi Nafis, now in custody without bail on terrorism-related charges in New York.
The meeting included discussions about visits by Bangladeshi consul officials to meet Nafis, a State Department spokeswoman said by telephone.
The criminal complaint alleges that the 21-year-old travelled by van with what he thought was a co-conspirator to a New York warehouse.
He then tried to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank, reports LA Times.
His parents have disputed that their son is a terrorist.
Dhaka said last night that Akramul Qader, Bangladesh ambassador to the US, met with Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce C Swartz at the US Department of Justice on Friday.
“While reiterating the government's staunch stance against terrorism, the Ambassador (Akramul Qader) stressed that charges against Nafis notwithstanding, Bangladesh expects that his rights will be fully ensured in the interest of serving the ends of justice,” said a foreign ministry statement.
The meeting was a follow-up to the official request made by the embassy to the State Department on October 17 seeking details of the case.
Bruce C Swartz informed the ambassador about the basis of the charges that led to the arrest by the FBI in a sting operation and Nafis's initial appearance before the Magistrate Judge in New York on October 17.
He said the US Federal Government had appointed a defence lawyer for the Bangladeshi youth.
The deputy assistant attorney general handed over a document containing the charges and a copy of the Bangladesh passport, bearing the number AA3810051, held by Nafis.
Senior officials of the Consular and South & Central Asia Bureaus of the US State Department and the Department of Justice were also present.
The embassy has formally requested consular access to Nafis. It is also in the process of contacting the lawyer appointed for Nafis to discuss relevant issues.
US officials said both the FBI and the Department of Justice were familiar with and aware of the fulfilment of the relevant requirements under the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs.
Meanwhile, Nafis' elder sister Dr Fariel Bilkis told The Daily Star that a staff from her father's office came to their house at noon yesterday and delivered a fax sent by a US attorney who wants to defend her brother.
The attorney, Heidi C Cesare, assistant federal defender from Eastern district of New York, also included her contact details in the message, Bilkis said.
Nafis' father Quazi Ahsanullah, a vice-president of National Bank, contacted the lawyer in the evening.
Also yesterday, police in Bangladesh interviewed former teachers and classmates of the terror suspect to investigate whether he had connections with radical groups at home, reports AP.
Bangladeshi detectives have visited Nafis' village, where they found no evidence of his ties with radical groups.