A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines brought 51 Bangladeshis to Dhaka via Saudi Arabia from conflict-hit Sudan Thursday morning.
These expatriate Bangladeshis took temporary shelter in Jeddah from the conflict-ridden Sudan with the assistance of the Bangladesh embassy and Saudi authorities, according to a press release.
On Tuesday, 136 Bangladeshi nationals arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
They were supported by IOM with air tickets through its internal emergency assistance funding mechanisms to travel from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Dhaka, Bangladesh with the coordinated support from Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The process of bringing others back to the country is going on step by step in coordination with all concerned including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, added the release.
Bangladesh is operating four chartered flights from Sudan, at its own cost, to evacuate the remaining Bangladeshi citizens to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A fighting broke out on April 15 between the army and paramilitary forces in the poverty-stricken country with a history of political instability. Since then, several cease-fire agreements have been announced, but none of the parties have accepted them. Hundreds of people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict so far. Thousands of people were injured. These incidents have brought the country's humanitarian crisis to the fore.
