Kathmandu: Nepali students have started returning home from Bangladesh following ongoing student protests there. Today, 57 students landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
These students returned from Inam Medical College in the Sawar region and other places in Bangladesh, according to Amrit Rai, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ministry officials welcomed the students at the airport. The Ministry is facilitating the return of students who wish to come back home. It has directed the Embassy of Nepal in Dhaka to coordinate efforts to create a secure environment for Nepali students in Bangladesh and to assist those wanting to return home.
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba is in direct contact with the Embassy and has instructed Ministry officials to set up a Help Desk to assist Nepali students facing difficulties due to recent incidents in Bangladesh, in coordination with the Embassy.
Additionally, 340 Nepali students have arrived in Kakarbhitta from Bangladesh via the eastern border of Nepal over the past three days. Mohan Paneru, Chief of the Immigration Office in Kakarbhitta, reported that 85 students arrived on Thursday, 114 on Friday, and 141 on Saturday. A Maldivian student also arrived with the Nepali students. According to Paneru, the female Maldivian student had been studying with Nepali students in Bangladesh and was permitted by Indian immigration officials to travel with them to Nepal.
Thousands of Nepali students, primarily in medical studies, are currently studying in Bangladesh. Violent student protests over government job quotas have led to university closures in the country.
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