Published on 02:34 PM, May 11, 2023
51 more Bangladeshis return from Sudan
Star Digital Report
Fifty-one more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in war-torn Sudan, returned home via Saudi Arabia this morning.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:20am, reads a press release sent by the national flag carrier.
The expatriate Bangladeshis from conflict-ridden Sudan took temporary shelter in Jeddah with the help of Bangladesh embassy and Saudi authorities, it added.
Earlier, on May 8, a total of 136 Bangladeshis returned home from Sudan via Saudi Arabia.
There are around 1,500 Bangladeshis in Sudan, and among them, about 700 have registered to return to Bangladesh.
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