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Special flight brings home 16 Bangladeshis from Nepal

Nine returnees were sent to Ashkona Hajj Camp for 14-day quarantine and 7 others asked to home quarantine

Update : 01 May 2020, 08:03 PM

A special flight brought 16 Bangladeshis home from Nepal amid the flight restriction imposed in the country by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus.

A Buddha Air flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Kathmandu at 12:10pm on Friday.

None of the returnees has shown any coronavirus symptoms, airport health centre sources confirmed.

Of the returnees, nine were sent to 14-day quarantine at Ashkona Hajj Camp and seven were home quarantined, confirmed Airport Health Officer Dr Sajjad Shariar.

Earlier, on April 14, 13 Bangladeshis returned to the country from Nepal on a special flight after the government gave permission to arrange a special flight to bring back those nationals who went to Nepal a month ago.

On Friday, two special flights from Kolkata and Chennai ferried 241 Bangladeshi passengers stuck in India.

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