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Stranded Bangladeshis to be evacuated from Sudan via Jeddah: Foreign ministry

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The Bangladeshi nations those who have been stranded in Sudan will be evacuated through Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, foreign ministry said here today.

The Bangladeshi nationals will be taken to Port Sudan from Khartoum and from there they will be taken to Jeddah, foreign ministry's Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said here.

From Jeddha, the Bangladeshi would be brought to Bangladesh by several flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, she added.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Khartoum has already arranged nine buses to take the Bangladeshi nationals to Port Sudan from Khartoum and adjacent cities and a team from Bangladesh's Consulate General in Jeddah will reach there to assist them.

It is expected that all the Bangladeshis, stranded in Sudan, will be taken to Port Sudan by May 2 while they are likely to reach Jeddah by May 3 or May 4.

Two Bangladeshi schools in Jeddah are providing food, drink, medicine and temporary accommodation for the Bangladeshi nationals being brought from Sudan

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha