Stranded Bangladeshis return to Dhaka from Thailand

Forty-eight Bangladeshis who remained stranded in Thailand for over a month, returned back to Dhaka this afternoon from Bangkok.

Carrying the Bangladeshi citizens, a special flight of US-Bangla Airlines landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at around 4:20pm, Kamrul Islam, general manager (public relations) of US-Bangla Airlines told The Daily Star.

Apart from the 48 passengers, the dead body of a Bangladeshi who died at a Bangkok hospital, was also brought back to Dhaka, Kamrul also said.

All 48 Bangladeshi citizens who went to Thailand for medical treatment were allowed to go to their homes on condition that they will stay in self quarantine for 14 days, as all of them submitted medical certificate that they were tested negative for Covid-19, said Md Jahirul, a doctor at the health desk of HSIA.

He also said immigration officials posted quarantine marked seals on their hands and their details were sent to IEDCR so that the respective local police stations can monitor their quarantine.