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38 Bangladeshis returned from India through Hili land port so far
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Thirty-eight Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India following the surge of coronavirus infection in the neighbouring country, have returned home so far through Hili land port in Dinajpur s Hakimpur upazila.
The immigration services of Hili land port reopened on May 16 after the government decided to resume the services on May 12.
Sikandar Ali, officer-in-charge of immigration at the land port, said 38 Bangladesh nationals from different districts came back till 3:00pm today, our Dinajpur correspondent reports.
The returnees must remain in 14-day quarantine at different hotels in the upazila at their own cost. The authorities already arranged accommodation for at least 60 returnees.
36 India returnees sent to Cumilla for institutional quarantine UNB, Brahmanbaria UNB, Brahmanbaria
As many as 36 Bangladeshi nationals, who returned from India through the Akhaura land port yesterday, were sent to Cumilla to undergo institutional quarantine as all the isolation centres in Brahmanbaria are full, officials said today.
The 36 Bangladeshis returned home from India yesterday after obtaining NOCs from the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala. Similarly, 27 Indian nationals have returned home through the land port.
The 36 returnees have been sent to Cumilla as all the institutional isolation facilities in the district are full, said Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, upazila nirbahi officer. Those who have completed their 14-day quarantine at the centres will be released soon, he said.