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Bangladesh’s humanitarian aid arrives in cyclone-hit Libya

Bangladesh government’s humanitarian assistance in the wake of Cyclone Daniel and catastrophic flooding in Libya was handed over to the representatives of the Libyan government.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Major General Hasnat handed over this assistance to Issa Al Falla, a member of the board of the Humanitarian Relief Agency in Libya on Friday afternoon, a press release said in Dhaka on Saturday.

Earlier, a C-130J aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force carrying humanitarian assistance for the disaster-affected people of Libya arrived in Benghazi on Friday around 3:30 pm (Bangladesh time).

As per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Foreign Ministry coordinated with the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the Armed Forces Division to send humanitarian assistance.

Source: BSS