Dhaka, May 1 -- Authorities in Florida have confirmed that the second recovered body is that of Nahida Sultana Bristy, said Golam Mortoza, Minister (Press) at the Bangladesh Embassy in the United States, in a WhatsApp message on Friday.

Police from a Florida department contacted Bristy's brother to confirm the identification, he said.

The family has requested that arrangements be made to send her body back to Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, in coordination with the Bangladesh Consulate in Miami, has started the process to repatriate the body.

Meanwhile, the body of Zamil Ahamed Limon, one of the two Bangladeshi students killed in the United States, will arrive in Dhaka on May 4.

Golam Mortoza said the mortal rema...