Online Desk  :    In another phase, 183 more Bangladeshi nationals safely returned home from conflict-stricken Lebanon last night. Of these returnees, 151 arrived early this morning by Sky Vision Airlines flight SVI-5002, a chartered flight funded by the IOM, which landed at 1:00 am at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), said a foreign ministry’s press release.

Another 32 Bangladeshis returned just hours earlier by Emirates Airlines flight EK-584, financed by the Bangladesh government, arriving at 11:00 pm on November 5, it added. This recent repatriation brings the total number of Bangladeshis returnees from Lebanon to 521 by nine flights.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Md. Ruhul Amin, Foreign Ministry’s Additional Secretary Syed Masud Mahmud Khondaker and IOM representatives received the returnees upon their arrival at the airport. The IOM provided each individual with Tk 5,000, essential food supplies, and basic medical care. The officials engaged with the returnees to hear firsthand accounts of their experiences amid the ongoing conflict.