Milon Parvin, 50 was living in Libya since 2008.
First Secretary (Diplomatic) & Head of Chancery of Bangladeshi Embassy in Libya Muhammad Muzammal Haque, confirmed the death to the Dhaka Tribune.
However, The Libya Observer reported that the Bangladeshi nurse was reportedly gang raped and then murdered.
The Libyan law enforcement agency has already detained seven suspected Bangladeshis in connection, a source at the Bangladeshi embassy confirmed.
Sources also confirmed that the Benghazi authority has already identified a Libyan who was allegedly the leader behind the killing.
Parvin worked for Al- Hawari Hospital in Benghazi as a full time nurse and at Ibn Sina Polyclinic, one of the Libyan Red Crescent's health institutions as a part time nurse.
She failed to report to work for last couple of days and her mobile phone was switched off when her colleagues went to her house they discovered her dead body, informed Muzammal.
Muzammel also informed that law enforement suspects the motive behind her muder is money.
She had disposited 30,000 Libyan Dinar ($21,810) to send to Bangladesh.
Muzammel said: “Migrant workers in Libya face a lot of problems sending money to Bangladesh which might have led Parvin to consult someone close to her and led her to disclose the amount of money she was sending back home.”
The killers fled the scence with the money and her belongings, he said.
When asked about the rape, he said the autopsy report confirm the matter.
Al least 22000 Bangladeshi migrant workers are in Libya.
They continuously face trouble sending remittance back to Bangladesh as the government's channel is unaviable at the moment.
The embassy official also told the Dhaka Tribune that kidnapping is now a regular incident in Libya.
Those who can send the money home have to spend $1000 to send $945.
Migrant workers usually save the money they earned waiting for an oportune time to send it to home which is when they become vulnerable to being targeted by robbers, the official said.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
