The body of Bangladeshi doctoral student Nahida Sultana Bristy, killed in Florida of the United States, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on May 9.
The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washinton DC said on Tuesday (May 5) that her first namaz-e-janaza will be held in Tampa at 2:00pm (local time) on Wednesday (May 6).
The repatriation is being overseen by the Bangladesh Consulate in Miami, with coordination by the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC.
Bristy, a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering, and fellow Bangladeshi doctoral student Jamil Ahmed Limon, who studied Geography, Environmental Science and Policy, were the students at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa Bay.
Limon's roommate, Hisham Saleh Abughurbeh, 26, a former USF student, was arrested in connection with their killings.
According to the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, Bristy's body will leave Orlando International Airport at 8:50pm (local time) on May 7 aboard Emirates Airlines flight EK0220. The flight will land on Dubai airport. Then Bristy's body will arrive by another flight from Dubai airport at 8:40am on May 9.
The embassy confirmed it on Tuesday. Earlier, Limon's body arrived in Dhaka on May 4.
Meanwhile, University of South Florida (USF) has decided to award posthumous doctorate degrees to Jamil Ahmed Limon and Nahida Sultana Bristy.
The degrees will be conferred during the university's Spring commencement ceremony on May 9.
Both Limon and Bristy went missing on April 16. After their families lost contact, they alerted local police. US authorities arrested Limon’s roommate, Hisham Saleh Abugharbeh, at his family home.
Following interrogation, Limon’s mutilated body was found on April 24 in garbage bags near the Howard Frankland Bridge area, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Abugharbeh has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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