‘285 Myanmar solders to be sent back, 150 Bangladeshis will return`

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that the government will send back 285 members of various security forces of Myanmar on April 22.

At the same time, the government will bring back 150 Bangladeshis stuck in Myanmar, on the same ship.

The foreign minister said this at the unveil ceremony of the book ‘Bhuban Jora Sheikh Hasina’s Asankhani’ written by Ekushey Padak winner journalist Zafar Wazed at the foreign ministry conference room on Friday.

A total of 285 members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police and the army, who have taken refuge in Bangladesh, have been given clearance to return by sea to Myanmar. Myanmar has agreed to take them back, he said.