A total of 328 Bangladesh nationals, who have been stranded in New Delhi and Chennai due to travel restrictions amid the Covid-19 outbreak, have returned to Dhaka on Friday.
Most of them had gone to the neighbouring country for medical purposes, according to the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, which said they also included students.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying 162 passengers from Delhi while a chartered US-Bangla Airlines with 166 passengers from Chennai arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday, reports UNB.
Another flight carrying 164 Bangladeshis nationals is scheduled to arrive from Chennai on Saturday.
A team of Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, led by High Commissioner M Imran, provided required assistance to Bangladesh nationals at Indira Gandhi International Airport before departure, says the UNB report.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has so far, facilitated the repatriation of over 2,000 stranded Bangladeshi citizens from China, India, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Oman and Turkey, including pilgrims, students, tourists, patients and their attendants, and businessmen.
Bangladesh missions abroad have been also told to look after the expatriate Bangladeshi community living in different countries.
Missions across the world have set up hotlines as well as formed pool of doctors to provide online medical advice to the expatriate Bangladeshis.
The government of Bangladesh has so far facilitated repatriation of 4,422 foreigners living in Bangladesh, the foreign ministry said on Thursday
