The bodies of seven Bangladeshis killed in a fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, arrived home on Saturday morning.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, BG-336, carrying the bodies arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:30am.
The deceased were identified as Md Shahin, Md Hasibul Hasan Shuvo, Minhaj Pramanik, Md Masidul Sardar Sajib, Md Sagor Ali, Mohammad Shamim and Md Sabbir Hossain. Five of the deceased were from Naogaon district, while the other two were from Natore. The bodies were later handed over to their family members.
Sixteen Bangladeshi workers were killed in the fire at the factory in Riyadh on 9 August.
Of them, the bodies of nine were brought back to Bangladesh on 27 August. The identities of the remaining seven were confirmed through DNA tests.
Flights from Riyadh have remained suspended since 10 October. As a result, the bodies were transported by road to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.
