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Published : 03 May 2026, 01:12 PM
The body of Zamil Ahamed Limon, a Bangladeshi student killed in the US, has left Orlando International Airport in Florida for Dhaka.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement confirming that his remains left for Bangladesh on Saturday evening, local time.
The Emirates Airlines flight departed at 9:50pm on Saturday, said Golam Mortoza, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC.
Bangladesh Consul General in Miami Sehely Sabrin was at the airport and supervised the repatriation process, he said.
The body is expected to arrive at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via Dubai at 8:40am on Monday.
Officials from the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, and the Bangladesh Consulate General in Miami, along with the victim’s family, University of South Florida authorities, local Bangladeshi expatriates and police, completed the legal formalities for the swift repatriation of the body.
Prayers for Limon were held after Zuhr prayers at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area Mosque on Thursday. Students, family members, consulate officials, media representatives and local Bangladeshi expatriates attended.
Nahida Sultana Bristy and Limon, both PhD students at the University of South Florida, were found dead in the US.
They had been missing since Apr 16.
Limon’s body was recovered on Apr 24.
Authorities later informed Bristy’s family that she had also been killed. Police recovered human remains from a local reservoir during the search. On Friday, they identified them as Bristy’s remains.
The Bangladesh Consulate in Miami and her family have also requested the release of her remains for repatriation. The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, is coordinating with authorities to have the body returned to Bangladesh, officials say.
Funeral prayers for Bristy are scheduled for 2pm local time on Wednesday in Tampa.
After Limon’s body was found, his roommate, 26-year-old Hisham Abugharbieh, was arrested the same day. Abugharbieh, a US citizen, has since been charged with two counts of premeditated murder.
Limon’s younger brother, Zubaer Ahmed, told a Florida news outlet from Bangladesh that Limon and Bristy had been in a relationship for four and a half years.
They had planned to marry after completing their higher education with the blessing of both families, but their lives were cut short before they could do so.
