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A total of 214 Canadian citizens on Tuesday night left Dhaka for Toronto by a special chartered flight of Qatar Airways amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A Qatar Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) with 214 Canadian citizens at 9:05pm, Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) spokesperson said, reports BSS.
The Canadian High Commission in the capital with the help of Bangladesh government chartered the special flight for those Canadian citizens, mostly expatriate Bangladeshis residing in Canada, who opted to go back home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, citizens of the USA, Japan, Malaysia, Bhutan and different European countries also left Dhaka by special chartered flights amid the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.