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2018-03-19 23:54:00 BdST

Bodies of 23 plane crash victims arrive


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A Bangladesh Air Force plane, carrying the bodies of 23 Bangladeshi plane crash victims, arrived in Dhaka on Monday afternoon.

Local news agencies said the Air Force plane landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 4.05 pm.

Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader and Civil Aviation Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal received the bodies at the airport.

The bodies will be then taken to the army stadium, where a funeral prayer is scheduled to be held at 4pm.

Relatives of the deceased have been asked to be there to receive the mortal remains.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is also expected to attend the event, according to ISPR Director Kabir.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Nepal arranged a funeral service for the victims earlier the day. The funeral was held after the coffins were brought to the embassy premises in Kathmandu around 8:30am. Bangladesh embassy staff, expatriates workers and officials of the US-Bangla Airlines took part in the prayers.

An aircraft of the US-Bangla Airlines, with 71 people on board, crashed while trying to land at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport on March 12. The aviation tragedy took 49 lives including those of 26 Bangladeshis.

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