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National flag carrier Biman Bangaladesh Airlines will operate the special flights in coordination with Bangladesh Missions in New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Biman Bangaladesh Airlines Managing Director and CEO Mokabbir Hossain said the Kolkata-Dhaka flight will be operated on May 1 and Delhi-Dhaka flight on May 2 while Mumbai-Dhaka flight on May 3.
A total of 996 stranded Bangladeshis returned from Delhi and Chennai by six special flights so far, said Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
A batch of 166 Bangladeshis, who got stuck in India amid a countrywide lockdown, were brought back home from Chennai on Saturday.
Earlier, they were brought to Chennai by bus from Bengaluru’s Narayana Hospital before flying to Dhaka, the High Commission said adding that they were mostly patients who had gone there for treatment.
On Friday, 332 Bangladesh nationals who got stuck in India returned home from New Delhi and Chennai by two special flights.
The returnees are mostly patients who went there for treatment, said the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
There are some students among the returnees, too.
So far, nearly 1,000 (one thousand) Bangladeshis, stranded in Indian cities because of the lockdown since March 25, returned home by air and land routes with assistance of Bangladesh missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Guwahati and Agartala, said the High Commission which has kept their efforts on to facilitate the return of more Bangladeshis who are still stuck up in India.
The government of Bangladesh has so far facilitated repatriation of 4,422 foreigners living in Bangladesh, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday.
The citizens are from a number of countries, including Bhutan, Malaysia, the USA, Japan, Russia, Germany, Canada, Australia, the Maldives, Turkey, the UK and Singapore.