Local news agency UNB quoted Zahirul Haque, Director General of External Publicity Wing of Foreign Ministry as saying that the Lebanese security department has cleared 358 Bangladeshis who would be brought to Damascus Wednesday with the help of International Organization for Migration (IOM) from where they would be flown to Dhaka.

Bangladeshi Ambassador to Jordan Golam Mohammad who is also accredited to Syria informed the Foreign Ministry that many more people are now willing to return home as they feel insecure in view of the intensified Israeli attacks.

Asked about sending of Bangladeshi peacekeepers to Lebanon under the United Nations' (UN) supervision, Haque said the UN Security Council (UNSC) has not yet reached any decision on Lebanon cease-fire.

"We're closely watching the development," he said, "If there is any decision, the question of sending Bangladeshi peacekeepers would come."

Asked about Bangladeshi Prime Minister's letter to five UNSC permanent members, he said the draft of the letter has been prepared. It will be known soon when the letter would be sent.

Earlier, 278 Bangladeshi citizens who were employed in Lebanon returned home last month in the wake of Israeli air strikes.