Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday reiterated that the government wants to bring back all the convicted criminals from abroad and implement the court verdicts as per the law of the land.

‘Efforts are going on,’ he told reporters when asked about the progress over bringing back convicted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman from the UK and Noor Chowdhury, one of Bangabandhu’s convicted killers, from Canada, reports the UNB.

The Foreign Minister also referred discussions between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau over deportation of Noor Chowdhury.

Earlier, the Foreign Minister along with Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud jointly inaugurated  ‘Demonstration and Introduction of STP (Set-Top) Boxes for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)’ in Bangladesh Missions abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.