The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on Saturday issued a circular on the quarantine procedure of the passengers of the flights operating under special consideration. The order will remain in force until  12 pm on April 28.. All incoming or outgoing passengers shall mandatorily posses PCR based Covid-19 negative certificate. The PCR test shall be done within 72 hours of the flight departure time, according to the circular. Also read: Biman to run special flights to 5 countries from Apr 17 Arriving passengers who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine and possess PCR based Covid-19 negative certificate along with the proof of vaccination shall have to complete a 14-day home quarantine. The local administration will ensure their home quarantine. Arriving passengers carrying PCR based Covid-19 negative certificate and either received 1st dose of vaccine or not yet vaccinated shall have to complete a mandatory three- day institutional quarantine at government nominated facilities or at hotels on passengers own expenses. Upon completion of 3- day institutional quarantine, sample will be collected for Covid-19 PCR test. The passengers will be released to complete a total of 11 days of home quarantine if the PCR based Covid-19 test result is cound negative. The local administration will ensure their home quarantine. Also read: Domestic flights resume Wednesday In case of positive result of PCR based Covid-19 test, the passenger shall have to go for isolation at government nominated facilities at own expenses, it added. The Airlines concerned shall issue boarding passes to the passengers only after getting confirmed about the vaccination. Airlines must ensure that seats are available for the passengers at the government institutional quarantine facilities or the passengers have the proof of hotel reservation for institutional quarantine. If seats are not available at the government institutional quarantine facilities, the passenger will board flight only after ensuring hotel reservation.

Some 2,560 stranded expatriate Bangladeshis were sent back to eight countries by special flights.

The Indian government on Friday started repatriating its nationals, stranded in Bangladesh due to restrictions on flight operation, with 170 students returning in the first phase.    The special Air India flight left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Srinagar in the morning.    The stranded Indians will be evacuated in phases.    As part of the first phase, six more flights of Air India will carry Indian nationals to Srinagar on May 12 and 13; Delhi on May 9 and 11; Mumbai on May 10, Chennai on May 14 in a span of a week with each flight carrying nearly 170 passengers.    The first flight to Srinagar carried stranded students from various medical colleges in Dhaka.    The Indian High Commission in Dhaka was in constant touch with the students and resolved their various issues like food, lodging and finance in close cooperation with the principals of the medical colleges who have been "most generous" with their support at this difficult time.    High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das was present at the airport to see the first batch of Indians off leaving Bangladesh and interacted with them.    Wishing the students a safe journey back home, the High Commissioner reiterated the government of India’s commitment to the welfare of its citizens abroad. 

As part of effort taken by the government, 318 more Bangladeshis returned home from Delhi and Chennai in two special flights on Saturday.   Of the returnees, 151 came from New Delhi by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines while 167 other came from Chennai by another special flight of US-Bangla Airlines, according to Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.   Most of the returnees are patients who got stuck in India due to current lockdown there amid coronavirus outbreak. Students are also there among the returnees.