Dhaka, June 26 -- A total of 28 Bangladeshi nationals, primarily women, children, and patients seeking medical treatment, have begun their journey back home from Iran as part of the first phase of an official repatriation initiative.
The group departed Tehran at 2:20pm local time on Wednesday by road, heading toward Pakistan's Taftan border in Balochistan, according to an official from the Bangladesh Embassy in Tehran.
From there, they will travel to Karachi, fly to Dubai, and then board their final flight to Dhaka.The repatriation plan was launched in response to concerns surrounding the recent Iran-Israel conflict, which initially prompted a surge in demand from Bangladeshi nationals to return home.However, with the conflict showing sig...