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A total of 366 Bangladeshi nationals, including some stranded Umrah pilgrims along with expatriate workers, arrived in Dhaka from Saudi Arabia by a special chartered flight late on Wednesday.
A special flight of Saudia Airline SV 3806 landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 9:20pm on Wednesday carrying 366 Bangladeshi citizens, a spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) said, reports BSS.
Earlier, foreign minister Dr A K Abdul Momen said that of the 366 returnees, nearly 200 were in Saudi prisons, 132 stranded Umrah pilgrims, and the rest of them undocumented workers.
Momen said the Saudi Arabian government was bearing the cost of the chartered flight to send back the Bangladeshi nationals in the country.
All returnee workers were scheduled for medical checkups at the airport and then to be sent to 14-day institutional quarantine under management of the Armed Forces Division (AFD).
As per the government decision, the returnee expatriate workers will receive Taka 5000 on arrival at the airport.
Besides, the expatriate welfare ministry will provide loans ranging from Taka 0.5 million to 0.7 million upon return of jobless expatriate workers here from different countries amid COVID-19 pandemic to enable them pursue viable economic activities especially in agriculture sector.