Three Bangladeshis including a woman returned home on Sunday night after languishing in Indian prison for two years. Read: 3,350 Bangladeshis return through Benapole since Apr 26; 17 test Covid positive The returnees are Imran Hossain, 26, son of Joynal Hossain of Sadarpur in Faridpur district, Elahi Mia, 55, son of Shaheed Mia of Bancharampur in Brahmanbaria district and Taslima Akter, 21, daughter of Ali Molla of Digholia in Khulna district. Indian police arrested them from different parts of the country when they went there in search of work and a court sentenced them to two years jail in India. Read:105 Bangladeshis return from India through Benapole Ahsan Habib, officer-in-charge of Benapole Check-post Immigration Police, said Indian police handed them over to Benapole Immigration after their jail term ended. All the three victims were taken to a 14-day mandatory quarantine. After completion of 14-day quarantine they will be handed over to a local NGO. Read: 15 stranded Bangladeshis return home through Benapole  

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering returned to his country on Thursday and started a 21-day mandatory quarantine. Other delegation members are also undergoing 21-day mandatory quarantine starting on Thursday. The Bhutanese Prime Minister drove himself from the airport to the quarantine facility in the car that was parked at the airport, according to his office. Also Read: President hosts Bhutan PM at Bangabhaban The delegation was given escort to the respective facilities in the quarantine pool vehicles.  

All the UK returnees must stay in a 14-day institutional quarantine from January 1 to contain the spread of a new variant of Covid-19.