Bangladeshi students will start to return to China this month

Bangladeshi expatriate students who returned home after the outbreak of Covid-19 will finally start returning to their respective universities in China from later this month, said  a foreign ministry press release on Sunday.

The decision was taken after the fruitful meeting between Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Dhaka on August 7 last, it said.

Some 1,500 Bangladeshi students are expected to return by chartered flights from Dhaka to Kunming on September 26 and October 10 and 24 and from Dhaka to Guangzhou on September 28 and October 12 and 26, said the release.

The foreign ministry said more chartered flights would be arranged If needed.