Evacuation mission successful, special flight carrying 123 M'sians leaves Bangladesh


DHAKA: A total of 123 Malaysians, including 80 students, have safely departed from Bangladesh on a special AirAsia flight at 11.05am local time.

According to Bernama’s observations, the evacuation process at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka proceeded smoothly despite a slight delay due to slow immigration clearance.

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