Dhaka, Dec. 2 -- The remains of Japanese soldiers who died during the Second World War have been exhumed from Chattogram Commonwealth War Cemetery and repatriated to Japan.

The remains were preserved according to proper procedures and will be handed over to family members once in Japan.

The soldiers, who died between 1942 and 1944, were buried together at the cemetery located on Badshah Mia Road.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) maintains and oversees cemeteries for those killed in the First and Second World Wars worldwide, including two sites in Bangladesh -- in Cumilla's Mainamati and Chattogram city.

Hillol Sattar, country manager of CWGC in Bangladesh, said 19 Japanese soldiers were buried together at Chattogram cemet...