Besides, every returnee will receive Tk5,000 on arrival at the airport while the family of each expatriate worker, who died of coronavirus, will get Tk300,000, reports BSS. The decisions were made at foreign ministry on Wednesday at its third inter-ministerial meeting over repatriation of stranded Bangladeshi citizens abroad amid Covid-19. The foreign affairs ministry will coordinate with the CAAB for smooth Airport reception and landing permission of special flights carrying Bangladesh nationals from different countries. On April 9, at the second ministerial meeting Foreign minister Momen said Bangladesh will bring back its nationals stranded in different countries due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic whenever the situation permits. He said those countries expressed their concern over the fate of mainly the undocumented Bangladeshi workers there and urged Dhaka to take them back to home.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 15, 2020 13:18 UTC