Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has demanded the trial of two Bangladeshi expatriates who were killed in the United States.
Criticising the incident, she said the US becomes very much vocal if a person is killed in a country like Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasin said US chapter Awami League Vice President Nazmul Islam was strangled to death in New York city in July last, while Belal, an Awami League worker, was also murdered by miscreants in Connecticut in 2012, reports BSS.
Talking about Nazmul, Hasina said she came to know Nazmul from the first time she visited the USA.
"After that he always remained beside me whenever I came to the USA," she recalled saying that Nazmul lost his life on the street of that country which always judges the human rights across the world.
Mentioning the name of Belal, the prime minister said: "It is my question to the US government, how a pre-mature death of a Bangalee happens on the street in a civilised country like the USA. We demand the trial of the killing."
Responding to the demand of the Bangladeshi expatriates for resumption of the Dhaka-New York Biman flight, she said that the matter is pending due to some unresolved issues.
She, however, said the government is very much sincere about the matter.
"We already bought four new aircrafts, while four more aircrafts are on the pipeline. We tried to resume the flights by leasing out aircrafts. But it could not be done," she said.
In this connection, she said that Biman needs to be upgraded more to resume the flights.