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Second UK chartered flight left Bangladesh with 177 citizens

British nationals queue to enter the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to leave Bangladesh on a special flight during a government-imposed shut-down as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Dhaka on April 21, 2020.(Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

By: PramodKumar

A group of 177 British travellers left Dhaka for London on Thursday (23) afternoon on the second UK chartered flight.

The British High Commission in Dhaka thanked the government of Bangladesh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Civil Aviation Authorities, local police and volunteers from the British High Commission for their help.

“Our priority for these flights continues for vulnerable British nationals in Bangladesh wanting to return home. Two more flights are scheduled for April 25 and 26,” said the High Commission in a message.

On April 21, a total of 264 British visitors returned home from Bangladesh.

British high commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson was present at the airport to observe the return process and spoke with departing British travellers.

Earlier on April 18, the British High Commission announced four charter flights from Bangladesh to bring home 850 British nationals to the United Kingdom.

The UK government committed up to £75 million to help thousands of British people return home, according to British High Commission in Dhaka.

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