BSS-42 JS body for bringing back Bangabandhu’s fugitive killers

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JS body for bringing back Bangabandhu’s fugitive killers

DHAKA, Aug 01, 2018 (BSS) – Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs today discussed the ongoing steps for bringing back the fugitive killers

of Bangabandhu to the country.

The committee discussed the matter at its 18th meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad

Bhaban with Committee Chairperson Dr Dipu Moni in the chair, said an official release.

The committee also recommended for continuing diplomatic efforts to bring those

fugitive killers back home.

The JS committee asked the foreign ministry to request the government of those

countries, where the identified killers are now staying, to keep the fugitives under

imprisonment to stop their free movement.

Committee members Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, State Minister for Foreign

Affairs M Shahriar Alam, Muhammad Faruque Khan, Kazi Nabil Ahmed, Md Sohrab Uddin and

Selim Uddin, among others, attended the meeting.

The parliamentary committee also dwelt on repatriation of the Rohingyas who were

forcibly displaced from Myanmar.

It expressed satisfaction over successful diplomatic campaign made by the government

on the Rohingya issue world-wide to draw support for Bangladesh, it said.

The diplomatic campaign, the committee said, has brought about a positive change in

the mindset of Russia and China, the release added.

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