Bahrain Fire
13 Bangladeshis' bodies arrive
The body of Shaheen Khan, one of the 13 Bahrain fire victims, was received by his grieving widow, left, and brother, centre, at Shahjalal International Airport yesterday. The photo was taken when an ambulance carrying his coffin was about to start for Shaheen's village home in Matlab, Chandpur. Photo: Palash Khan
The bodies of 13 Bangladeshi workers who were killed in a fire in Bahrain on January 11 arrived home yesterday. A flight of Emirates Airlines EK 838, carrying the bodies from Bahrain, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:35pm. The body of another Bangladeshi worker, Oli Ahmed, 28, who died in a building collapse on December 31 last year in Bahrain, also arrived in the same flight. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain handed the bodies over to the families at the airport. The minister also provided each of the families with Tk 35,500 for burial and said Tk 2 lakh will be given to each family as donation from the government. The families have to place their certificate to receive the donation, added Khandaker Mosharraf. Besides, the government is trying to realise the highest possible compensation from the workers' employers in Bahrain, the minister said, adding that they have already communicated to the six employers there. On January 11, the fire swept through the labour camp they were living in.
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