He said the ICC team will visit Bangladesh to have the "preliminary examination" aimed at establishing the case. The ICC chief prosecutor requested the prime minister to visit the ICC to speak to the judges on the issue of the trial of the 1971 genocide. Dr Fatou thanked the prime minister for playing a pioneering role in the ICC. Earlier Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Nobel laureate Batrice Fihn called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh is one of the first countries which signed the convention on abolition of nuclear weapons, Fihn said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 16, 2019 04:41 UTC