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Bangladesh paid last respect to the victims, who were killed in US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu, at Bangladesh Army Stadium on Monday afternoon.
The bodies of 23 identified Bangladeshi victims were flown back home on Monday and taken to the army stadium for namaz-e-janaja.
Kamrul Islam, general manager, marketing support and PR of US Bangla Airlines, said the namaz-e-janaza was held around 5:25 pm.
After the funeral prayer, President's military secretary Maj Gen Md Sarwar Hossain first placed a wreath on the coffins on behalf of President Abdul Hamid.
Besides, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader placed wreaths on the coffin on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League.
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury placed a wreath on behalf of the parliament members.
Later, the bodies of the victims were handed over to their respective families.
Earlier, a cargo plane of Bangladesh Air Force, carrying the bodies, landed at the Shahjalal International Airport in the city at 4:05 pm.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Shajahan Kamal received the bodies.
The first namaz-e-janaza was held at Bangladesh Mission in Kathmandu at 9am on Monday.
A total of 23 bodies were identified till Sunday. Their respective passport numbers are provided in parentheses.
The identified 23 bodies are-- Foysal Ahmed (AG7611296), Bilkis Ara (BC0049030), Akhtara Begum (BQ0966082), Begum Hurun Nahar Bilquis Banu (BL0077261), Nazia Afrin Chowdhury ( 0C0196215), Md Rokibul Hasan (BF0245028), Sanzida Huque (BL0129840), Md Hasan Imam (BL0077270), Meenhaz Bin Nasir (BL0948957), Akhi Moni ( BA0546584), F H Priok (BE0269054),Tamarra Prionmoyee (BR0896359), Md Motiur Rahman (BA0594388), S M Mahmudur Rahman (BA0594388), Tahira Tanvin Shashi Reza (BB0778372), Umme Salma (0C5084403),Aniruddha Zaman (BP0122973), Md Nuruz Zaman (BF0621111), Md Rafiquz Zaman (BL0601965), Pilot Abid Sultan (BE0760912), Co-pilot Prithula Rashid (BF0430528), Crew Khwaja Hossain Mohammad Shafey (AF3028136), Crew Sharmin Akhter Nabila (BE0925527).
According to UNB, the three bodies are yet to be identified. They are- Alifuzzaman (BQ0626689), Pias Roy (BC0759899) and Mohammad Nazrul Islam (BH0461552).
At least 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, were killed as the US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Himalayan county Nepal on Monday last.