264 Bangladeshis stranded in Dubai return to Dhaka

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today brought back a total of 264 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Dubai due to suspension of regular international flights following the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Carrying 264 passengers from Dubai, the flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 3:00pm," Tahera Khondoker, deputy general manager of public relations, Biman, said.

Of the returnees, many are Bangladeshi expatriate workers, said an official at the health desk of the airport.

Bangladesh resumed flight operations on international routes on a limited scale from June 16.

Only three airlines -- Biman, Qatar Airways and Emirates -- have so far given permission to operate flights on a limited scale.

Biman is operating one flight weekly on Dhaka-London-Dhaka route while Qatar Airways and Emirates Airlines is operating three weekly transit flights to and from Dhaka, said sources at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.