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Bangladesh embassy facilitates spl repatriation flight from Bangkok to Dhaka

Staff Correspondent
27 Jun 2021 10:20:22 | Update: 27 Jun 2021 10:40:59
Bangladesh embassy facilitates spl repatriation flight from Bangkok to Dhaka
Bangladeshis wait in line for departure at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on June 26, 2021. — Ministry of Foreign Affairs Photo

Bangladesh embassy in Bangkok facilitated the repatriation of a group of 37 Bangladeshi and Thai nationals from Thailand to Bangladesh by a special Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight on Saturday.

The Biman Bangladesh flight (BG 4089) arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:00am on Saturday, said a press release.

The flight was arranged on self-payment basis in line with the Bangladesh government’s commitment to extend all possible assistance and support to stranded Bangladeshis abroad.

Mohammed Abdul Hye, ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand, has thanked the Thai government for extending their cooperation in this regard.

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Bangkok has so far facilitated 15 special flights from Bangkok to Dhaka in coordination with the authorities concerned in Bangladesh and Thailand, read the release.  

Mohammed Abdul Hye and other officials of the Embassy saw the passengers off at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport and extended necessary consular and other assistance for their departure formalities.

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