71 Bangladeshis return home from Beirut

A total of 71 Bangladesh citizens returned home from Beirut in Lebanon on Wednesday morning.

A Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft, which handed over relief materials in Lebanon, landed at Hazrat Shajalal International Airport around 7:15am with the repatriated Bangladeshi nationals from Beirut.

The Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Earlier, Bangladesh sent "emergency supplies" to Lebanon for the people of Beirut as a token of friendship who are trying to recover from the damage caused by the huge twin explosions.

Four Bangladeshi nationals were killed and more than 100 including 21 members of Bangladesh Navy injured in the explosions.

The blast killed more than 160 people, injured more than 6,000 people and left more than 300,000 homeless. 

Bangladesh Navy's warship, BNS Bijoy which patrols Lebanese water territory under UNIFIL, was partially damaged.

Some 1,50,000 Bangladesh nationals work in a number of sectors in Lebanon.