The bodies of five Bangladeshi workers from Naogaon, who died in a factory fire in Saudi Arabia, are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
The workers were among those killed in a fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh on 9 August.
In a notice issued on Thursday, Muhammad Rezae Rabbi, counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh, said the bodies would arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:05am aboard Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 336.
The notice said 16 Bangladeshi workers died in the fire. The bodies of nine victims were brought back to Bangladesh on 27 August, while DNA tests were conducted to establish the identities of the remaining seven.
The identities of the five victims from Naogaon have been confirmed as Shahin, son of Majnu Rahman of Par Naogaon; Hasibul Hasan Shuvo, son of Nazmul Huda of Dubai village in Atrai; Minhaz Pramanik, son of Akkas Pramanik of Madhyabowalia village; Masidul Sardar Sajib, son of Majnu Sardar of Madhabpur village; and Sagar Ali, son of Azhar Ali of Sadhanagar village.
All five villages are in Naogaon district, with four victims belonging to Atrai upazila and one to Naogaon Sadar.
Atrai Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Moniruzzaman said the administration had remained in contact with the bereaved families and was coordinating with the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board to bring the bodies home without further delay.
Citing information from the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, he said initial reports had indicated that 13 people from Atrai were among those killed in the fire. However, the identities of 11 victims from Atrai and one from Naogaon Sadar have so far been confirmed.
Of the 11 identified victims from Atrai, the bodies of seven were brought back to Bangladesh on 27 August.
The remaining bodies are being returned after completion of the identification process through DNA testing and other necessary formalities.
