Around 800 Nepali students head back home from Bangladesh

Kathmandu: Around 800 Nepali students head back home from Bangladesh. 17 more leaving Dhaka Sunday morning. Prime Minister Oli, Foreign Minister Rana urge others to fill online forms for the travel. EoN in Dhaka has coordinated with most of the students to facilitate their safe travel from various places in Bangladesh to Dhaka airport or to related border points.

Nepali students in Bangladesh are stranded after protests against a government job quota system turned deadly this week, resulting in at least 32 deaths. Many Nepali students remain in their hostels, worried for their safety as clashes between students and pro-government supporters continue to escalate and become increasingly violent.