3 Bangladeshis burnt to death in Bahrain

Three Bangladeshi workers were burnt to death and seven others injured in a gas-cylinder explosion at a labour camp in the Bahraini capital of Manama Friday. The dead were identified as Tota Mia alias Farooq (40) and his brother Kadar Mia (32) of Jagannathpur village, and Masud of Dhopatila village of Komolganj under Moulvibazar. The injured were given first aid at a hospital in Bahrain. Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has instructed the Bangladesh Embassy in Manama to take initiatives for sending the bodies back home soon and realising compensations from the company concerned for the families of the victims.
— UNB