DHAKA: Bodies of thirteen Bangladeshi expatriates, died in a devastating fire in Bahrain early this month, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday evening.
Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare & Overseas Employment Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain received the coffins at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. They were flown by an Emirates flight from Manamar.
UNB adds: A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the bodies of the Bangladeshi fire victims landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at about 6:35pm, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan from the airport.
After completing all necessary formalities, the bodies will be handed over to their respective families, the secretary said.
The minister will also give Tk 35,000 to each of the victims’ families for burial of the each body. Each family will later be given Tk 2 lakh as compensation.
A total of 13 Bangladeshi workers were killed in the devastating fire at a labour camp in the Bahrain capital of Manama on January 11.
The victims were identified as Nazir Ahmed, son of Sagir Ahmed of Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong; Jasim, son of Abu Naser Miah; Saiful Islam and Swapan, sons of Shahid Miah; Md Anwar, son of Abul Bashar of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria; Mahbub Alam, son of Rashid Ahmed and Jamal, son Abdul Aziz, at Patia in Chittagong; Shadat and Titu Mia, sons of Alam at Kachua of Chandpur; Mohammad Osman Gani, son of Abdur Rahim of Sonaimuri of Noakhali; Jaru Mia, son of Chand Mia of Nabinagar Brahmanbaria, Mofizul Islam, son of Joynal Abedin of Boro Banisha, Chouara of Comilla sadar (Dakshin), and Shahin Khan, son of Abdus Sattar Khan of Matlab in Chandpur.
Source: The Independent
