<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladeshi UN official Lt Col (retd) AKM Sufiul Anam, who had been abducted by Yemen’s branch of terrorist group Al-Qaeda, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday and expressed his gratitude to her.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sufiul Anam along with his family members met the Prime Minister at her official residence Ganabhaban, according to a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Waqar-Uz-Zaman, Director General of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major General TM Jobayer and Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Major General Kabir Ahammad were present.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After 18 months of captivity by Al-Qaeda,&nbsp; Sufiul Anam was rescued by the NSI on the orders of the Prime Minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sufiul Anam returned to the country on Wednesday afternoon (August 9, 2023). UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>