The bodies of three Bangladesh nationals, who died in a fire that broke out in their accommodation at Manama of Bahrain last month, have been handed over to their families on Saturday evening.
Md Ziauddin, director of administration at the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) handed the bodies to the families around 9pm, reports this correspondent.
An Emirates flight carried the bodies landed the airport around 8:30pm, Jahidul Islam, assistant director of Expatriate Welfare Desk at Shahjalal International Airport, said.
The deceased are Dulal Mia, 30, son of Siddiqur Rahman from Mainamati union’s Ziapur village in Burichang upazila of Comilla, Jalal Uddin, 30, son of Abdul Gafur from Rampur village of Varel union under the same upazila and Mosharraf Hossain, 32, son of Nazim Mia from the same village.
The government will give a cheque of Tk35,000 to each family for burial and transport expenses.
The BMET have also announced a remuneration of Tk3 lakh to each family.
On February 28, three Bangladesh nationals died while two more were injured in the fire incident that took place in a residential building in Manama.
Separate fire incidents in the last two years have claimed the lives of 26 Bangladeshis working in Bahrain.
Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) statistics show a total of 275,691 Bangladeshis have gone to Bahrain since 1976.