Approximately 200 Bangladesh citizens have so far entered Poland and Romania from Ukraine, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Saturday night. “We’re in touch with approximately 700 Bangladesh citizens,” he told UNB. The government’s efforts are going on to help Bangladesh nationals get into Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova, all bordering Ukraine, said officials. Also read: Flight carrying over 200 Indians from Ukraine lands in Mumbai A team from the Embassy of Bangladesh in Warsaw is working near the Poland-Ukraine border to assist Bangladeshi citizens wishing to enter Poland. The two countries share an over 500 km long border. Earlier, Bangladesh asked its nationals stranded in Ukraine to contact the country's diplomatic missions in the neighbouring European countries while Poland and Romania came forward to provide temporary shelters for Bangladeshis.

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has announced resumption of online visa application services for Bangladesh citizens.

More Bangladesh citizens, stranded in the USA amid coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to return home on Sunday afternoon.

A total of 114 Bangladesh citizens, mostly students, arrived here on Monday morning from London, the United Kingdom (UK).    They were stranded in the UK since suspension of international flights between Dhaka and London in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.   A Biman Bangladesh Airlines special chartered flight - BG 4041 - carrying the Bangladesh citizens departed London at 7:45 pm (London Time).   The flight arrived at Hazrat  Shahjalal International Airport at 9:40am with 114 passengers, Tahera Khandakar, deputy general manager (public relations) of Biman told  UNB.    Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem saw off the returning passengers at the Heathrow Airport.    The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 09:45 am today (Monday), according to Bangladesh High Commission in London.    Earlier at the request of Bangladesh High Commission in London, the government arranged the flight, being operated by the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and chartered by Bangladesh Air Force Welfare Trust (BAFWT).    The High Commission facilitated the return of the Bangladeshis after forming a COVID-19 Emergency Repatriation Committee.   Initially, more than 200 stranded Bangladeshi citizens, including students booked their flight, but many of them had cancelled their booking at the very last moment citing personal reasons and in the fear of institutional quarantine in Bangladesh on their arrival.    However, the High Commission has already provided all the passengers with a health certificate based on their health assessment so that they would be directed to home quarantine only.    Similarly, the High Commission has assured all passengers travelling from Dhaka to London that they would be guided to home quarantine.   “We are grateful to Bangladesh Government, specially to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; and for the initiative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bangladesh Air Force in particular for chartering this flight," said High Commissioner Tasneem.   From the High Commission, she said, they are humbly gratified that they could reunite the Bangladeshi citizens, in particular students, stranded in the UK with their families in Bangladesh before Eid-ul-Fitr.   “We also would like to thank particularly UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Home Office, UK Border Agency, London Heathrow Airport Authorities and Biman Bangladesh Airlines for their tremendous support to ensure the safe return of the stranded Bangladeshis during this difficult time of unprecedented coronavirus pandemic," said the High Commissioner. 

A Bangladeshi national has been infected with coronavirus or Covid-19 in Italy, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Wednesday.

The government is looking to see what it can do for the 171 Bangladesh citizens from Hubei province of China who have registered to return home amid coronavirus outbreak there.

Health Minister Dr Zahid Malik on Thursday said the government is discouraging people, including Bangladesh nationals, to return from China as the coronavirus outbreak worsens.

The government is sending a special flight to bring back Bangladesh citizens from Wuhan city of China, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said the government will keep those who will return to Bangladesh under observation before China lifts the ongoing 14-day restriction to avoid any risk.

Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday reiterated its readiness to bring back Bangladesh citizens, willing to return from Wuhan city of China, once China lifts the ongoing 14-day restriction in the city that faced lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak.