160 return from Libya

A group of 160 Bangladeshis returned home from war-torn Libya yesterday under a voluntary repatriation programme coordinated by the government.

A chartered flight of Buraq Air carrying them landed at Dhaka airport in the morning.

Fakhrul Alam, assistant director at Expatriates' Welfare Desk, said they have provided immediate support to the returnees.

On May 12, 162 Bangladeshis returned home from Libya, known as a transit country to Europe for illegal migration. On March 3, another group of 114 Bangladeshis returned home from the North African country.