Staff Reporter :
A batch of 247 Bangladeshi citizens, who got stranded in the USA amid the coronavirus pandemic, will return home early Sunday.
The Bangladeshis include mostly students studying in different colleges and universities in the USA, Bangladesh citizens who went there on tourist and business visas and some government and non-government officials.
A special flight scheduled to depart for Bangladesh on Friday from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 4am (local time) on Sunday, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington.
On May 4, the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs chartered the flight of Qatar Airlines to bring home the stranded Bangladeshis from the USA.
Earlier on March 30, the Bangladesh Embassy and the two Consulates General in New York and Los Angeles on an instruction of the Foreign Ministry circulated a notice through their websites seeking information from the Bangladeshis who had been stranded in the USA amid COVID-19 pandemic situation.
A large number of stranded Bangladeshi citizens provided their information through email to Bangladesh Missions from March 30 to April 30 showing interest to return to Bangladesh by a special charter flight at their own expenses.
They also requested the Bangladesh government through the Bangladesh Missions to facilitate their return by a special flight.
On arrival at Dhaka airport, the passengers will have to submit health declaration forms to Bangladesh Immigration officials.
All the passengers will have to carry COVID-19 symptom-free medical certificates.
A batch of 247 Bangladeshi citizens, who got stranded in the USA amid the coronavirus pandemic, will return home early Sunday.
The Bangladeshis include mostly students studying in different colleges and universities in the USA, Bangladesh citizens who went there on tourist and business visas and some government and non-government officials.
A special flight scheduled to depart for Bangladesh on Friday from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 4am (local time) on Sunday, said the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington.
On May 4, the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs chartered the flight of Qatar Airlines to bring home the stranded Bangladeshis from the USA.
Earlier on March 30, the Bangladesh Embassy and the two Consulates General in New York and Los Angeles on an instruction of the Foreign Ministry circulated a notice through their websites seeking information from the Bangladeshis who had been stranded in the USA amid COVID-19 pandemic situation.
A large number of stranded Bangladeshi citizens provided their information through email to Bangladesh Missions from March 30 to April 30 showing interest to return to Bangladesh by a special charter flight at their own expenses.
They also requested the Bangladesh government through the Bangladesh Missions to facilitate their return by a special flight.
On arrival at Dhaka airport, the passengers will have to submit health declaration forms to Bangladesh Immigration officials.
All the passengers will have to carry COVID-19 symptom-free medical certificates.
