Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- The foreign affairs ministry will formally send a letter to New Delhi seeking the repatriation of fugitive convicts Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said today (Monday).

"We will officially communicate our position to India. Whether the letter goes tonight or tomorrow, it will certainly go," he told reporters at the foreign ministry this evening, BSS reports.

He said the letter would be transmitted to the Indian government either through the Indian High Commission in Dhaka or the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.

Responding to a question, the adviser said Dhaka had earlier sent a request seeking Hasina's return but received no response. "Now the situation is di...