160 stranded Bangladeshis return home from Libya

A total of 160 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in Libya's Benghazi and other eastern towns due to unstable situation and global coronavirus pandemic, have returned home.

Arranged by International Organization of Migration (IOM), a flight of Buraq Air carrying the Bangladeshis landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday morning, said a press release of the Foreign Ministry.

The flight also carried the dead body of a Bangladeshi.

Following their arrival, the Bangladesh government has taken all necessary measures including their medical check-up