Fifty eight more Bangladesh-origin British citizens will leave Dhaka for Manchester, England today (Sunday).
A special flight of Novoair Airline brought the 58 British citizens to Dhaka from Sylhet at 9:00am this morning, said an official of the airline.
The British citizens are scheduled to leave Dhaka for England by a chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines later today, reports UNB.
Earlier on 18 April, the British High Commission announced four charter flights from Bangladesh will take 850 British nationals to the United Kingdom.
The UK government committed up to £75 million to help return of thousands of stranded Britons, according to British High Commission in Dhaka.
The British High Commission remains fully operational and “will continue to provide full consular support to British nationals in Bangladesh.”
So far, 1800 British nationals have left Bangladesh for the UK by 9 chartered flights from April 21 to May 7.
