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Bangladesh ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Muhammad Khairul Bashar, among others, sees off the Bangladeshi nationals, who have expressed their willingness to return home from Libya, on the embassy premises in Tripoli on Thursday. | Source: Facebook / Embassy of Bangladesh in Libya
Bangladesh repatriated 174 stranded nationals from Libya on Tuesday with another 175 scheduled to return voluntarily from Misrata today under the same humanitarian assistance programme.
The first group arrived at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Buraq Air flight arranged jointly by the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Among the returnees, 36 had been detained at Tripoli's Tajura Detention Centre after attempting to reach Europe by sea, while 138 chose voluntary repatriation to escape the precarious and uncertain conditions they faced in Libya. At least 41 are reported to be in poor health.
Meeting the citizens at the embassy compound alongside the labour counsellor and first secretary (labour), Ambassador Md Habib Ullah warned against irregular migration, saying illegal routes bring extreme physical, mental and financial harm to individuals, families and society.
He urged them to start afresh with new vigour, follow legal travel channels, raise local awareness and share information to help authorities bring human trafficking rings and brokers to justice.
Source: bdnews24.com
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party was leading in Israel's election on Wednesday, according to preliminary results, though both the prime minister and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot claimed a mandate.
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The United States military has spent over $47 billion on the war in Iran, topping Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's $37.5 billion July estimate by more than 25 per cent, unpublished Pentagon data obtained by Reuters showed.
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Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday rejected Inspector General of Police Md Ali Hossain Fakir's remarks on "crossfire", reaffirming the government's zero-tolerance policy towards extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths.
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said on Tuesday evening that around US$6.3 billion in potential Japanese private-sector investment could accelerate Bangladesh's industrialisation, expand manufacturing capacity and create opportunities for its young workforce.
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