Dhaka, March 6 -- three more Middle Eastern flights to and from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were cancelled on Friday, raising the total number of flights cancelled to 245 over the past seven days due to the ongoing Gulf region conflict, a major destination for Bangladeshi migrant workers.

Hundreds of passengers bound for Gulf Arab countries were stranded amid immense difficulties following the closure of airspaces by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said.

Of the 33 flights cancelled on Friday, four belonged to Kuwait Airways, four to Jazeera (Kuwait) Airways, six to Air Arabia (Sharjah-UAE), four to Qatar Airways, four to Emira...