First group of 54 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Dhaka airport by a Saudi Arabian commercial flight this afternoon (Oct 21). 

Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment adviser Dr Asif Nazrul received them at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).   
 
The first batch, comprising 26 men, 20 women, six children and two infants, landed at the airport at around 5:30 pm following a transit stop in Jeddah. 

They departed from Beirut at 10:50 pm (local time) on Sunday and reached Jeddah at 8:20 am this morning and again left Jeddah at 1:20 pm (local time) for Dhaka.

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain earlier informed the media that the government has initiated the repatriation of documented Bangladeshi nationals from Lebanon.
 
BDST: 1922 HRS, OCT 21, 2024
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