The special chartered flight of Qatar Airlines left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 6:10pm, a top official of Aviation Security at HSIA told The Daily Star.

On March 30, some 269 US nationals left Dhaka for the USA by a special chartered flight.

Today's flight carrying the US citizens, including 17 children and some expatriate Bangladeshis residing permanently in the USA, will arrive at Dulles International Airport, Washington D.C. via Doha, Qatar.

The passengers will remain on the airplane in Doha.

Earlier, citizens of other countries including Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Bhutan and Germany left Dhaka following the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh.