Over 200 Saudi Arabia-bound migrant workers staged a protest inside Dhaka airport early on Saturday morning after Biman Bangladesh cancelled a scheduled special flight to Riyadh at last minute.
The special flight to Riyadh was scheduled to take off around 6.15 am, with some 201 passengers, said Tahera Khandaker, DGM (Public Relations)of Biman Bangladesh.
“But the flight was cancelled as Saudi authorities delayed giving landing permission.”
The aggrieved passengers of the flight staged a protest right away inside the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
“However, the authorities concerned have made special arrangements for all the passengers at different hotels. They will fly later,” said Tahera.
The government decided to operate special flights of national carrier Biman to 5 countries for Bangladeshi expat workers, from April 17.
The special air services will allow expat workers currently stuck in Bangladesh to return to their places of work, officials said.
