Dhaka sends 2 officials to Yemen today

Dhaka is sending a two-member team to Yemen today to assist in the repatriation of Bangladesh nationals trapped in war-torn Yemen.

The team comprises Counsellor of the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait SM Mahbubul Alam and an embassy staff.

Foreign ministry officials said the team was expected to depart from Kuwait last evening and would reach Aden city early today depending on availability of a flight.

They said the two officials would help verify and identify Bangladesh nationals in Yemen. The officials, if needed, will help Bangladesh nationals get on board a ship for safe passage out of Yemen.

Some 1,500 -3,000 Bangladesh nationals are known to be working in Yemen.

Meanwhile, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain told reporters that the government would repatriate Bangladeshi citizens trapped in Yemen through Indian ships already in the region.

Replying to a query about Saudi Arabia's assistance in repatriating Bangladeshis, he said the Saudi government had not still responded to the matter.

Talking to reporters at his office in the capital's Probashi Kallyan Bhaban, the minister further said Bangladeshis in Yemen should not take any risk and try to remain in safe areas in the country.