Staff Reporter :
A total of 264 UK and 154 Turkey citizens left Dhaka on special flights this afternoon. They had opted to return home amid the Covid-19 outbreak, for which their governments arranged their return flights home.
A special chartered flight of the British Airways carrying the UK citizens left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 3:49pm, Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, Director, HSIA, told the media. Among the UK citizens, there were 10 infants and some expatriate Bangladeshis who are permanent residents in the UK.
Meanwhile, the 154 Turkey citizens left Dhaka for Ankara on a special flight of Turkish Airlines at 1:12pm, an official of the Aviation Security (AVSEC), HSIA, told the media.
The Turkish Airlines flight also brought back 20 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in Turkey after the coronavirus outbreak, said officials at HSIA.
In the last 23 days since March 28, citizens of various countries including USA, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Bhutan, Germany and several other EU countries, left Dhaka.
