A total of 48 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Thailand due to flight suspension amid outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, reached Dhaka on Friday afternoon.
A chartered flight of local carrier US-Bangla Airlines carrying them landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 4:20 pm from Bangkok.
Dead-body of a Bangladeshi national was also brought back by the same flight.
Kamrul Islam, General Manager (PR) of the airlines, confirmed the matter to Jago News.
As per the government decision, all passengers must undergo a medical checkup and will be sent to a 14-day institutional quarantine under supervision of Armed Forced Division (AFD).
To be noted, the US-Bangla airlines is also set to operate six chartered flights from Chennai and two such flights from Kolkata next week to bring back more than 1000 stranded Bangladeshis from India.