Bangladesh, July 7 -- The government will raise the issue of "provocative remarks" made by Awami League leaders based in India with New Delhi at the state level, Prime Minister's Information Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said.

He said the government had previously spoken up about what these leaders were doing from India, and would continue to do so, since many of them faced court cases, arrest warrants or had already been convicted.

"Talking to them [Awami League leaders] is out of the question, we're actually supposed to get them handed over to us. We've been raising this at the state level regularly, and we'll keep doing so," he said at a weekly press briefing at the Department of Information in the Secretariat on Tuesday.

The advisor...