228 foreigners return home

For the second time in three weeks, 220 more Australian citizens who were stranded in Bangladesh due to the ban on international flights amid coronavirus outbreak, have left Dhaka.

A Sri Lankan Airlines flight carrying the Australian nationals departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Saturday (May 9), said the Australian High Commission in Dhaka.

Together with 285 passengers, who left Dhaka on April 16, more than 500 people have so far returned home to Australia.

The High Commission said they helped Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate families to return to Australia.

However, the special flight also carried eight New Zealand citizens and permanent residents on their way back to New Zealand, it said.

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer was present at the airport to see them off.

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