The citizens are from a number of countries, including Bhutan, Malaysia, the USA, Japan, Russia, Germany, Canada, Australia, Maldives, Turkey, the UK and Singapore.
The MoFA shared the information highlighting a range of measures taken following the outbreak of Coronavirus in December 2019.
Foreign missions stationed in Dhaka facilitated the arrangements of chartered flights.
In most cases, the passengers are of Bangladeshi origin and paid for their passages, according to the MoFA.
The foreigners who left mostly worked in various development projects and other professions whose projects are currently suspended, it said.
On the other hand, the MoFA has facilitated the repatriation of 1,799 stranded Bangladeshi citizens from China, India, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Oman and Turkey including pilgrims, students, tourists, patients & attendants and businessmen.
The MoFA said it is fully committed to working under the overall guidance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the critical moment of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Bangladesh missions abroad are also instructed to look after the expatriate Bangladeshi community living there.
Under the guidance of the MoFA, the Bangladesh missions abroad have established ‘Hotline Numbers’ and many missions formed ‘Pool of Doctors’ to provide online medical advice to the expatriate Bangladeshis.
The MoFA has dispensed funds for the Bangladesh missions abroad in coordination with the Ministry of Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment.
The Bangladesh missions distributed food and necessary items among the Bangladesh community living in different countries, particularly in the Middle East with the allocated funds.
The MoFA, in cooperation with the Army, has sent some gifts to a few countries, including Bhutan, the Maldives, China and Kuwait.
It established a webpage titled “COMBAT CORONA” on its website for providing telemedicine services, awareness raising and disseminating COVID-19 related information which is also connected with hotlines of the Embassies.
It has also created a "WhatsApp Envoys" group through which they disseminate/communicate information instantly.
Besides, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sent letters to the Foreign Ministers or spoken over to many relevant countries and a few letters have been sent jointly by the Foreign Minister and Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister.
Foreign Minister Dr Momen urged the OIC member states to give utmost importance to the issue of job retention of domestic and resident migrant workers. He also proposed establishing an OIC Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund.
He requested for engaging humanitarian organisations in the OIC member states to provide sufficient financial assistance, medical support to the Muslim migrant workers from LDCs and developing countries until the impact of the epidemic is over, and also to advocate for their job retention to ensure their healthy livelihoods.
The MoFA has established a ‘Corona Coordination Cell’ headed by an Additional Foreign Secretary immediately after COVID-19 affected Bangladesh and started working closely with the Prime Minister’s Office and other relevant Ministries and agencies.
As the fatal virus has spread around the globe, the MoFA started working in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and tourism, the Ministry of Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment, Civil Aviation Authority, Directorate General of Health, Armed Forces Division, and Immigration Department.