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BANGLADESH-REPATRIATION-FLIGHT
391 Bangladeshi return from Dubai, 153 leave London for Dhaka
DHAKA, June 13, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 391 stranded Bangladeshi
returned from Dubai today while 153 Bangladeshi nationals left London
to back home by separate chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh airlines
as those were stuck abroad amid flight suspension due to COVID-19
pandemic.
A special flight of Biman from Dubai of United Arab Emirate (UAE)
landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 4:36 am
this morning carrying 391 Bangladeshi citizen, airlines spokesperson
Tahera Khondoker told BSS.
Meanwhile, another chartered flight of national flag carrier BG 4106
departed Heathrow international airport in London for Dhaka carrying
153 Bangladeshis at 10:30 am (London local time), said a press release
issued by Bangladesh High Commission in the UK.
The flight is scheduled to land at HSIA at 00:30 am on Sunday, it added.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem saw off
the returning passengers at the airport while she expressed her
deepest gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for this special
flight.
This is the second repatriation flight from the UK as Bangladesh
High Commission in London in close coordination with the Foreign
Ministry and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) arranged the first chartered
flight on May 10 to repatriate over 100 stranded Bangladesh citizens
from the UK to Bangladesh.
The government so far repatriated stranded Bangladeshis from
different other countries including India, the USA, Australia,
Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea.
The other countries, including the USA, India, Japan, Canada,
Australia, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Bhutan,
Myanmar and different European countries also operated several special
chartered flights amid the flight suspension to repatriate their
citizens from here.
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