Article: Prime Minister, Foreign Minister shocked at the assassination of Sri Lankan FM.

Dhaka, Aug 13 (UNB) - Prime Minister Khaleda Zia expressed her deep shock at the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and strongly condemned the dastardly act committed by gunmen in Colombo Friday night." Mr. Kadirgamar was an outstanding statesman, and with his untimely death the world and South Asia in particular lost a leader and a man of peace," she said in a condolence message sent to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Khaleda said the government and the people of Bangladesh joined her in condemning this dastardly act "in the strongest terms". She hoped that the assailants would be apprehended and brought to ...

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