A total of 840 Bangladeshi citizens have been evacuated back to Bangladesh from the join repatriation efforts of both countries, reveals the Maldivian government.
Foreign Minister Abdualla Shahid extended thanks to the Bangladeshi High Commission in the Maldives for their eager collaboration in conducting the operation.
Recent efforts to repatriate citizens have come to halt with the development and landfall of Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal.