File photo of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka Dhaka TribuneThey arrived on two special flights on Tuesday nightA total of 313 Bangladeshi citizens have returned home from Kuwait on two special flights. A special flight of Kuwait Airways, carrying 185 Bangladeshis, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka at around 8pm on Tuesday, said Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of the airport. An hour later, another special flight of Jajeera Airways carrying 128 Bangladeshis nationals landed at around 9:01pm, the airport director added. These Bangladeshi nationals had been stranded in Kuwait due to travel restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has so far facilitated the repatriation of many Bangladeshi citizens stranded abroad, including pilgrims, students, tourists, patients and their attendants and businessmen.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 12, 2020 17:48 UTC