Bahrain Fire
Bodies of 11 Bangladeshis to arrive in 10 days: FM
The bodies of 11 Bangladeshis who were killed in a fire that gutted a labour camp in Bahrain on Friday afternoon will be brought to the country in seven to ten days, said Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday.
Two more injured Bangladeshis are still undergoing treatment, she told reporters at a press conference at the ministry.
At least 63 Bangladeshis lost all their belongings in the fire and the Bangladesh embassy in Bahrain was asked to provide them with necessary supplies including food, shelter and treatment, said the foreign minister.
The issue of unpaid wages of the victims will be solved through discussions, Dipu Moni added.
Meanwhile, a senior official at the ministry told The Daily Star that they were inspecting the relevant documents of the victims and later the government will take necessary steps to compensate families of the victims.
On January 11, in the Bahrain capital Manama, a huge fire gutted the labour camp where Asian workers are housed.
The roof of the three-storey building caved in, as the deadly blaze swept through the camp, situated in the crowded Mukharga neighbourhood in the Bahraini capital. It took the fire-fighters around six hours to tame the flames at the 26-room unauthorised structure.
Most of the occupants of the building were Bangladeshis, living in crammed conditions.
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