A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has brought back 418 Bangladeshi nationals from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Biman spokesperson Tahera Khondoker confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday.
The returnees had been stranded in Riyadh due to travel restrictions imposed by the Saudi authorities to contain the spread of Covid-19 infection.
The flight arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at 2:25pm on Tuesday.
All the returnees held construction jobs in Saudi Arabia and were sent into home quarantine after thermal screening at the airport, a health official at the airport said.
Earlier, on July 16, 417 Bangladeshis returned to Dhaka from Saudi Arabia by a special chartered flight of Biman.
A total of 2,054 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Saudi Arabia between June 21 and July 19.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has so far facilitated the repatriation of stranded Bangladeshis from China, India, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Oman and Turkey.
These repatriation flights have brought back many, including pilgrims, students, tourists, patients and their attendants and businessmen.
The ministry said it was fully committed to working under the guidance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, particularly through these critical times of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.