Published on 10:43 AM, March 15, 2020

152 more Bangladeshis return from Italy

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. File photo

A total of 152 Bangladeshis returned to Dhaka from Italy this morning.  

An Emirates flight carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:30am, said Dr Zahirul, an official of the airport's health desk.

On their arrival, they were primarily tested and then taken to Ashkona Hajj Camp, Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of the airport, confirmed to The Daily Star.

On Saturday morning, 142 Bangladeshis arrived in Dhaka from Italy who were taken to the camp. The authorities however allowed them to go home last night and asked them to be in self isolation.