Forty-seven more stranded Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday at full government expense, reports UNB.
They arrived on a Qatar Airways flight (QR 640) that landed at 9:15 am at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Beirut, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
So far, a total of 1,246 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Lebanon on 19 flights, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Officials from the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates' Welfare ministries, along with IOM representatives, welcomed the returnees at the airport.
IOM provided each repatriated person with Tk 5,000 as pocket money, food supplies and basic medical care.
Ministry officials interacted with the returnees, listening to their accounts of the ongoing conflict and enquiring about their well-being.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
