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Bangladesh airports open for Nepal relief

Update : 27 Apr 2015, 08:29 AM

The airports in Bangladesh have been opened for foreign countries those want to send relief materials to Nepal.

The government of Bangladesh took the decision in this regard in the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday afternoon.

After the meeting, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mustafizar Rahman Fizar told the reporters: “Foreign countries can use the airports if they need to send relief materials to Nepal.”

At least 3,218 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday.

Rameshwor Dangal, head of Nepal's disaster management agency, said another 6,500 people had been injured.

Bangladesh also sent six medical teams and necessary relief materials to help the friendly people affected in a devastating earthquake in Himalayan Kingdom Nepal.

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