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BANGLADESH-INDIA-FLIGHT
Bangladesh brings its 318 more nationals from India
DHAKA, May 2, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 318 more Bangladeshi nationals, who
have been stranded in India amid flight suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic,
arrived here from New Delhi and Chennai by separate chartered flights today.
Among the returnees, 151 Bangladeshi nations arrived here from Indian
capital by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines while 167 returned
from South Indian city of Chennai by a US-Bangla Airlines chartered special
flight.
“Our special flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)
from New Delhi at 4:43 pm carrying 151 Bangladeshi nationals,” Biman’s Deputy
General Manager (PR) Tahera Khondoker told BSS.
Earlier, the US-Bangla Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft landed here from
Chennai at 2:50 PM bringing back 164 adults and 3 infants Bangladeshi
citizens, the airlines officials said.
Both the chartered flights were facilitated by the government in
coordination with Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
As per the government decision, all returnee Bangladeshis will be sent to a
14-day institutional quarantine under the management of the Armed Forces
Division (AFD) if they fail to show medical certificate at the airport on
their arrival here.
From April 20 till today, around 1,800 Bangladeshis were brought back from
India by eleven chartered flights – eight from Chennai, operated by US-
Bangla Airlines, and two from New Delhi and one from Kolkata, operated by
Biman Bangladesh Airlines – while the passengers bore the cost of their own
tickets.
Bangladesh High Commission in India has kept their efforts on to facilitate
the return of more Bangladeshis who are still stuck up in India.
Three more chartered flights of Biman are scheduled to bring back more
stranded Bangladeshi from Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai.
On April 3, the foreign ministry issued a statement, saying that nearly
2,500 Bangladeshi citizens, including 1,000 students, were stranded in India
due to COVID-19 outbreak.
On April 27, Bangladesh extended the ongoing ban on flight operation for
the fourth consecutive time till May 7 to and from all European countries and
the nations including India that restricted the entry of Bangladeshis to
their territories as well as on all domestic routes over the coronavirus
scare.
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