The bodies of 7 Bangladeshi workers killed in a fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:30am on Saturday.
A total of 16 Bangladeshi workers died in the fire on August 9. The bodies of 9 workers were brought back to Bangladesh in the first phase on August 27.
The remaining 7 workers could not be identified initially as their bodies had been severely burned in the fire. Their identities were later confirmed through DNA tests.
According to embassy sources, all flights from Riyadh had been temporarily suspended since October 10. As a result, the bodies were transported by road from Riyadh to Jeddah.
They were then flown to Dhaka on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.
The 7 workers identified through DNA tests were Md Shahin of Sadar upazila in Naogaon; Md Hasibul Hasan Shuvo, Minhaj Pramanik, Md Masidul Sardar Sajib and Md Sagar Ali of Atrai upazila in Naogaon; and Mohammad Shamim and Md Sabbir Hossain of Naldanga upazila in Natore.