Janaza of dead Bangladeshis held, bodies to be brought back today

A namaz-e-janaza of 23 Bangladeshis who died in the US-Bangla plane crash was held at Kathmundu, Nepal, before flying them back home today.

The coffin of Anirudhha Zaman at the Bangladesh mission in Nepal. Photo: Collected

The identified bodies of 23 Bangladeshis were taken to Bangladesh mission in Kathmundu and the first namaz-e-janaza held from 9:00am to 10:00am.

The bodies will be flown back later today in two separate flights of US-Bangla Airlines and Bangladesh Air Force, said Raj Kumar Chhetri, general manager of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

According to him, the two aircrafts will reach TIA around 1:35pm. The two aircrafts will come back with the bodies and their relatives now in Kathmundu, Nepal.

On March 12, 51 people were killed, including 28 Bangladeshi nationals, when the US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed in Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport while landing.

Source: thedailystar