Dhaka: Five more Bangladesh nationals, evacuated from Sana’a, the capital of war-torn Yemen, arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday, raising the total number of returnees to 26.

The third batch of Bangladesh nationals arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka by a Jet Airways flight at 12:15pm, said a Foreign Ministry official.

Foreign Ministry assistant secretary Goutam Kumar Dey received them at the airport. The ministry provided them the air tickets.

Earlier, 21 Bangladesh nationals returned home from war-scarred Yemen in two groups.

Meanwhile, a total of 337 Bangladeshi nationals who were stranded in Yemen are expected to reach Indian Sea Port Kochi in Kerala on 18 April morning, said another Foreign Ministry official.

The ministry is making the arrangements for their onward journey from Kerala to Dhaka by special flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

They are now on their way to Kerala, India by ships for their eventual repatriation to Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh nationals were evacuated from the cities of Saana, Hodeida and Aden by Indian Naval Ships (INS).

They are now on board two Indian passenger ships that left African nation Djibouti on 12 April.

There are 272 Bangladeshi nationals in one ship, MV Corals, and 65 in another, MV Kavaratti. Out of 337, there are 14 women and 13 children.