Dhaka, April 15 -- Bangladesh Navy ship BNS Somudra Avijan returned to Chattogram today after completing a humanitarian mission in earthquake-hit Myanmar, bringing home a rescue team and 20 Bangladeshi nationals, who had been detained there for nearly two years.

The vessel departed Myanmar's Yangon Port on April 13 following successful handover of 120 tonnes of relief materials as part of the third phase of Bangladesh's humanitarian assistance to its disaster-stricken neighbour, according to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release.

The ship carried back a 55-member rescue and medical team, including personnel from the Armed Forces Division, Fire Service and Civil Defence, and civilian medical professionals, who had been ...