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2018-03-19 20:36:45 BdST

PM to attend janaza of 23 plane crash victims at Army Stadium


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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the namaj-e-janaza of 23 US-Bangla plane crash victims at the Army Stadium in Dhaka city on Monday.

The funeral prayer is scheduled for 4:00pm, said Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

A cargo plane of Bangladesh Air Force, carrying the bodies, is due to land at Shahjalal International Airport in the city around 3:00pm.

Earlier, the first namaj-e-janaza was offered at Bangladesh Mission in Kathmandu at 9:00am on Monday.

A total of 23 bodies were identified till Sunday.

At least 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshi nationals, were killed as the US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Himalayan county Nepal on Monday last.

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