A total of 135 Bangladeshis returned home from Sudan via Saudi Arabia from conflict-hit Sudan on Monday. .
They arrived at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30am.
They were welcomed by State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed.
Dhaka TribuneOn Sunday, the Bangladeshi nationals reached Jeddah from Sudan by special flights of the Royal Saudi Air Force.
Mohammad Javed Patwary, Bangladesh's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Consul General of Bangladesh in Jeddah Md Nazmul Hoque welcomed the Bangladeshis.
They were kept at the Jeddah-Bangladesh International School, where necessary arrangements were made.
All these evacuees left for Dhaka on a flight from Jeddah Airport on Sunday night on a Biman Bangladesh flight.
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According to the sources, about 1,500 Bangladeshi citizens live in Sudan, who can register to come back to the country, after which they will be brought back in phases.
Dhaka TribuneBangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah have made all preparations in this regard, sources added.
Some 600 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in war-torn Sudan, safely reached Port Sudan from Khartoum on Wednesday.
The remaining Bangladeshis are still waiting for their turn to come home safely.
