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Published : 09 May 2026, 10:28 AM
The remains of Nahida Sultana Bristy, a PhD student at the University of South Florida (USF) who was brutally murdered in the United States, have arrived in Bangladesh.
An Emirates Airlines flight carrying her coffin from Dubai touched down at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport at 9:10am on Saturday.
Her parents, maternal uncle, and other family members were present at the airport to receive the body.
Her maternal grandfather Abdul Ali said the remains would be taken to their village home in Madaripur immediately.
He added that the Namaz-e-Janaza, or funeral prayer, would be held after Asr, followed by her burial in the family graveyard next to her grandparents.
The coffin was dispatched from Orlando International Airport at 8:50pm local time on Thursday via Emirates flight EK-0220.
A representative from the Bangladesh Consulate in Miami was present at the airport during the boarding process.
Bristy’s first funeral service took place in Tampa on Wednesday.
This development follows the return of Zamil Ahamed Limon’s remains, which reached the country on May 4.
Limon, a Khulna University graduate, was a PhD candidate in geography, environmental science, and policy at USF.
Bristy, an alumnus of Noakhali Science and Technology University, was pursuing her studies in chemical engineering.
The couple, both aged 27, were in a relationship and planned to marry after completing their doctorates, a decision supported by both families.
They went missing on the morning of Apr 16. After their phones remained unreachable, their families contacted the local police near the university campus.
On Apr 24, police discovered Limon’s body near a local bridge and subsequently informed Bristy’s family that she had also been killed.
Limon’s roommate Hisham Abugharbieh was arrested the same day and faces two counts of first-degree murder.
During the search for Bristy, human remains were recovered from a local body of water; forensic tests confirmed the identity of the remains as hers on May 1.
Limon’s younger brother Zubaer Ahmed told a Florida news outlet that the pair had been in a relationship for four and a half years.
The USF has posthumously awarded doctoral degrees to both Bangladeshi students, Limon and Bristy.
