Dhaka, March 5 -- A first US-Bangla Airlines special flight has brought 378 Bangladeshis who were stranded in the United Arab Emirates amid the Iran conflict back home.

The passenger included 27 crew members of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines, US-Bangla said in a statement on Thursday.

US-Bangla Airlines said the flight crew had been stranded in the UAE for five days since the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East on Feb 28.

The flight departed Dubai at 12:30am local time on Wednesday and landed at Shahjalal International Airport at 7:15am.

The airline said the flight crew were living in uncertainty in Dubai, with their families in Bangladesh experiencing extreme anxiety.

It said that, as a supportive company, th...