Twenty-seven more stranded Bangladeshis on Friday returned home from India through Darshana Joynagar checkpost in Chuadanga, reports UNB.
They entered the country with No Objection Certificates (NOC) from the Bangladesh High Commission. All of them tested negative for coronavirus infection in the rapid antigen test upon their arrival.
Later, 25 of them were shifted to Chuadanga Technical Training Centre (TTC) while two sick patients shifted to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital Quarantine centre.
They will stay 14 days in these places as part of institutional quarantine protocols.
SI Abdul Alim, immigration in-charge of Darshana Joynagar checkpost confirmed the information to the news agency.
A total of 1,040 stranded Bangladeshis have returned home from India through this checkpost in the past 39 days, he added.