366 Bangladesh nationals have returned home from Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A flight of Saudi Airlines carrying the Bangladesh citizens touched down Hazrat Shahjala International Airport (HSIA) around 8:30pm on Wednesday.

HSIA director group captain Tauhid Ul Ahsan confirmed the news.

The flight took off for Dhaka from King Abdul Aziz International Airport of Jeddah.

It was learnt that of the 366 Bangladesh nationals, 234 are workers while 132 Umrah pilgrims.