A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying Bangladeshi citizens landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the afternoon.
So far, more than 2,000 Bangladeshi nationals, including patients and students who got stuck in a number of Indian cities, have now returned home in two phases by air, according to Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi.
The High Commission said they have started taking preparations to bring back more Bangladeshis in the third phase.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate four more special flights in coordination with Bangladesh missions in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata depending availability of adequate passengers.
The flights will be operated from Kolkata on May 10, from Mumbai on May 12, Bengaluru-Dhaka route on May 13 and Delhi-Dhaka route on May 14, said the High Commission.
Meanwhile, the US-Bangla Airlines will operate five special flights from Chennai depending on approval.
They flights will be operated on May 8-10 and May 13-14.
Bangladeshi passengers who are willing to return to home from India are requested to contact the airlines.
Earlier on May 2, 318 more Bangladeshis returned from Delhi and Chennai in two special flights.
Bangladeshis, stranded in Indian cities because of the lockdown since March 25, returned home by air and land routes with assistance of Bangladesh missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Guwahati and Agartala, said the High Commission which has kept its efforts on to facilitate the return of more Bangladeshis who are stuck in India.
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